Roger Federer and Sascha Zverev had a fantastic experience last month when they toured together in Latin America with one notable exception: Colombia!
The Swiss and the German had to play an exhibition match in Bogota’ when the city was plagued with civil unrest. Unfortunately, they had to call off the exhibition and Roger admitted he had a breakdown soon after. A video was circulating online with Sascha consoling the Maestro.
However, Roger said that he would come back and he kept the promise as he and Sascha will play their exhibition on the 24th of March. The date was set keeping in mind that both tennis players will be in Miami at that time on the occasion of the Miami Open. That means that they will be slightly more 3 hours and a half away from Bogota’ with a private flight.
Federer’s agent, Tony Godsick, commented: “There was never any doubt that Roger would return, it was just a matter of when it would be. It was a carefully considered decision. They love their fans and the beautiful city of Bogota.”
Roger and Sascha are currently in China where they will play another exhibition match in Hangzhou.
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked world no.3, Federer played his last match on the 16th of November when he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London.
Currently, this year the Swiss has a 51-10 win-loss record. Federer conquered 4 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami, in Halle and in Basel. The Swiss was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.
Alexander Zverev’s ranking and performance in 2019
Currently ranked no.7, Zverev played his last match on the 16th of November when he lost to Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in London.
At the moment, this season Zverev has a 41-24 win-loss record. Alexander clinched 1 title in Geneva. The German 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 in the official tour, Alexander Zverev won 6-3 6-77 6-3 in the quarter in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 11th of October 2019.
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