“It’s better for me”



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Roger Federer withdrew from Dubai tournament: “Better to go back to training”

The Swiss champion, with 20 Grand Slam titles on his record, who returned to the circuit after a 13-month absence, was defeated on Thursday, with 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, by the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (42nd in the world), after beating Briton Daniel Evans (28 ATP) in the first round.

“It was great to be back at #atptour, I enjoyed every minute of Doha again”Federer (39) said in a message posted on his Twitter account.

“Many thanks to my wonderful and loyal team for making this possible. I have to decide that it is best for me to go back to training and that is why I have decided to withdraw from the Dubai tournament next week.”added the Cantonland player.

Roger Federer returned to the circuit after more than a year

After losing the 2020 Australian Open semi-finals to Novak Djokovic and a demonstration match in early February last year against Rafael Nadal in South Africa, Roger Federer decided to undergo arthroscopy in his right knee.

The suspension of the ATP circuit due to the coronavirus pandemic, a more complicated than expected recovery and a second surgery on the same knee in May forced him to stay away from the circuit until this week, when he returned to the field in Doha.

Federer, who turns 40 in August, needed three sets to beat Briton Daniel Evans in his first match on Wednesday (7-6, 3-6, 7-5), but the Swiss is not yet in his best physical shape. , which was seen in the match with Basilashvili.

The former world number one has already announced that he will not participate in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Miami (Florida), scheduled for this month, preferring to focus on the scum and play as many matches as possible before Wimbledon, the Grand tournament. Slam who has won it eight times in his career.

Tags: Roger fede , atp dubai

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