‘Tennis Emperor’ Roger Federer (5th place, Switzerland) announced that he would return to the court in March.
Federer said in an interview with the Swiss SRF radio broadcast on the 3rd (Korean time), “The goal is to participate in the Men’s Pro Tennis (ATP) Tour Exxon Mobile Open, which will open on March 8 in Doha, Qatar.”
He won 0-3 (6-7) against Novak Djokovic (1st place Serbia) in the semifinal of the Australian Open last January.<1-7> 4-6 After losing to 3-6), he has been unable to participate in the tournament due to a knee injury.
Federer is also absent from this year’s Australian Open, which opens on the 8th, with the gap for more than a year.
Federer, who has also opened the possibility of participating in the Dubai Duty Free Championship in Dubai, UAE after the Doha, Qatar, named “Wimbledon and Tokyo Olympics, US Open” for this year’s main goal.
Born in 1981 and turning 40 this year, Federer has won the men’s singles 20 times in major tournaments and holds the highest record with Rafael Nadal (2nd place, Spain).
Djokovic is following him with 17 wins. Nadal was born in 1986 and Djokovic was born in 1987, so it is highly likely that he will surpass Federer’s record.
At the Olympics, Federer won a gold medal in men’s doubles at the 2008 Beijing event and a silver medal at the 2012 London singles. There is no singles gold medal yet.
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