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Roger Federer (Reuters)
We missed. After 13 difficult months, during which he did not get on the tennis courts and even underwent two surgeries on his knee, Roger Federer, the Swiss legend, who even at 39 wants to continue his most glorious career in world tennis history, returned today (Wednesday) straight to the Doha tournament in Qatar and defeated Daniel The British Evans in the quarterfinals with 6: 7 (8), 6: 3 and 5: 7 after two hours and 26 minutes.
Federer, who will next meet Nicolos Basilshvili, may have looked more rusty and tired naturally, but did not forget his magic touch with some tremendous points, when even his light legs and powerful and efficient serving did not fade. The Swiss struggled to find stability and after an excellent first set and high level experienced a drop in the second set, but in the third set he pressed his opponent, served well, cleverly went up to the net and brought the attempt to beat his 28th ranked British friend who really did not come as a set.
This was of course the hardest year in the career of the world number 6, who while not playing for 13 months since the showpiece record breaking the crowd records in South Africa, did not really drop in the rankings due to the Corona plague, which caused quite a few tournament delays. Meanwhile while Federer was recovering he saw Rafael Nadal cling to him in the table of the greatest of them all with 20 Grand Slam titles and Novak Djokovic closes gaps with 18 majors of his own.
The Swiss will try to win the current tournament in Qatar as soon as he returns to the pitches, but of course the overriding goal for him is first and foremost to get fit and momentum for the Wimbledon tournament later this season, in which Federer, who is expected to give up clay this season, has won 8 times In 2017.
