With the arrival of the first Grand Slam of the year, the attention of the tennis world was completely on Australia. This situation caused great news for this sport to pass by, which has to do with Roger Federer.
And it is that, according to a Swiss medium, the 20 times Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer would have returned to training these last few weeks in Dubai. Here he has spent a lot of time lately to recover from the injuries that have been afflicting them.
As mentioned, the practices that Federer has carried out in the United Arab Emirates have not been carried out with great intensity. The result of them is that although he is training, it is not yet an omen of a soon return. For now, the Swiss is in his country waiting to meet with his doctors to verify the current state of your knee, which was operated again a few months ago.
A short-term future of hope
For now, the short-term plan for the former world number one is to continue with training sessions. These little by little should get him fit to compete again, but this will obviously depend on his progress in recovery. There will also be an assessment given by specialists.
In this way, the return of Roger Federer remains unknown. In any case, his return to training gives a hopeful outlook, remembering that months ago the Swiss himself mentioned that he would be surprised if he arrived ready for the edition of Wimbledon is 2022.
During 2021, the Swiss only participated in five tournaments. Federer finished with a record of nine wins and four losses. In addition he had a walkover in the round of 16 of Roland Garros, when he would face Mario Berrettini.
In fact, his best moment last year was at Wimbledon, where he beat Adrián Mannarino, Richard Gasquet, Cameron Norrie and Lorenzo Sonego to end up losing in the quarterfinals against Hubert Hurkacz, which means Roger Federer’s last match so far.