Roger Federer has been out from the competitions for 1 year after being sidelined by a knee issue that cost him 2 operations.
Roger was meant to come back to competitions at the Australian Open, but eventually he decided to wait a bit more, saying he was still not at his 100%. Finally, it was officialized that Federer will comeback in Doha that will commence the 8th of March.
During a recent interview, with SRF, Roger confirmed that the Australian open was to early to say:
“I’ve been thinking about when and where to come back for a long time. Australia was a touch too early because of my knee.”
Roger played in Doha 8 years ago for the last time and he won the event on 3 occasions. The first time he conquered this event, he defeated his own coach in the final. See Federer’s record in Doha
. There were rumors about Federer playing in Rotterdam, but that probably won’t happen as the tournament will be staged before Doha.Talking about why he chose Doha instead of playing a bigger tournament, he said:
“I wanted to make my comeback at a smaller tournament so that I wasn’t fully in focus and where the stress is also a little less.”
Roger Federer in 2021
Now ranked no.5, Federer played his last match on the 30th of January 2020 when he surrendered to Novak Djokovic 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
This year Roger has achieved a composed 0-0 win-loss record.