Roger Federer and Daniel Evans will face off on Wednesday at 6 pm in the 2nd round in Doha in what will be the comeback match for the Swiss legend. This will be a rather interesting return to the competitions for the 20-time slam champion also because he is quite used to train with Evans. Actually, Roger and the Brit shared the practice court recently.
During a recent interview with the Telegraph, the world no.28 explained why he was amazed by Roger Federer when they trained together 2 years ago.
“He was so down to earth. It was surreal how we ate lunch and stuff – he didn’t hide away or anything. We went to a golf club for lunch, we went to a pretty average tennis club for lunch as well. It was just normal,
” said Evans.Roger Federer and Daniel Evans faced off 3 times. Their actual head to head record is 3-0 for Federer. Previously, the last time when they fought against each other, Roger Federer won 6-2 6-2 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York (U.S. Open) in August 2019.
Here the video highlights.
Roger Federer in 2021
Ranked no.6, the Swiss played his last match on the 30th of January 2020 when he lost to Novak Djokovic 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
Evans in Doha, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.28, the Brit has managed to achieve an overall 6-1 win-loss record in 2021. The Brit is currently competing in Doha where he ousted Jeremy Chardy 6-4 1-6 6-2.
The Brit linched 1 title in 2021 in Melbourne.
Roger Federer and Daniel Evans |
| Embed from Getty Images |