Roger Federer and Sascha Zverv have been enjoying a fantastic tour in Latin America, meeting a lot of enthusiast fans. Safety was always considered an issue in this part of the world, but unfortunately the situation became unmanageable during their stay in Bogota. In fact, the is huge unrest in the Colombian capital and Bogota was put in curfew.
Therefore, after some hesitation, it was Federer to get the microphone and announce that their exhibition match had to be canceled for the safety of the people.
Roger later published a post on Instagram saying: “I am heartbroken for the people of Bogota. Due to the curfew tonight, unfortunately we could not put on the match I have waited so long for. I promise everyone Sascha and I will be returning in the future to give our Colombian fans the chance to see us play.
With such great and lasting memories from my 2012 tour to Bogota, I can’t wait to make that happen again.”
Next stop… Mexico City.
#URGENTE: Este fue el momento en el que el mismo Federer se disculpa por la cancelación del evento en Bogotá 🚨 pic.twitter.com/lwS4t65IqD
— MUSICTRENDS Colombia (@musictrendscol) November 23, 2019
Una pena, se suspende en Bogotá el partido de exhibición entre Roger Federer y Alexander Zverev pic.twitter.com/xP2nMQ7t77
— Fernando Estrada (@ferestradao) November 23, 2019
Lo más lógico por lo que está pasando en el País:
Se suspendió la exhibición entre 🇨🇭 Roger Federer y 🇩🇪 Alex Zverev en Bogotá.
Gracias @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/OfxbvNfxcw— Everly Cortes 📚 (@everlycortes) November 23, 2019
🎾 Federer se divierte en Bogotá
😅 Hasta con la cabeza es crack pic.twitter.com/xumfS2qjMl— AS Colombia (@AS_Colombia) November 22, 2019
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.3, the Swiss played his last match on the 16th of November when he was overcome by Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London.
This year Federer has a 51-10 win-loss record. Roger clinched 4 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami, in Halle and in Basel. Federer was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.
Alexander Zverev’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.7, the German played his last match on the 16th of November when he was overcome by Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in London.
This year Zverev has a 41-24 win-loss record. Zverev has won 1 title in Geneva. Zverev was the finalist in Acapulco and in Shanghai.
Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev played each other 10 times. The head to head is 5-5.
The last time that they played each other, Alexander Zverev won 6-3 6-77 6-3 in the quarter in Shanghai on the 11th October 2019.
Here the highlights.
