The moment that tennis fans and lovers are probably waiting for is getting closer and closer. Roger Federer’s return to an official tournament has a date that corresponds to the date on which the ATP 250 tournament in Doha will be held on Aug.
will begin by March 14th. With the publication of the list of participants, the official presence of the Swiss tennis player in the tournament was confirmed. The current number 5 in the world has not played an official game since the Australian Open 2020, where he reached the semifinals against Novak Djokovic, who was affected by some physical problems.
He later had an exhibition with Rafael Nadal in Cape Town in February and this is the last time fans have seen him live.
The main draw in Doha will be full of stars
In addition to the Swiss, there will be an important field of players in Qatar, as the number 8 in the world, the Russian Andrey Rublev and the number 3 in the world, the Austrian Dominic Thiem, will also be present.
This is undoubtedly the highest quality tournament of the week in question, as all top 9 participants are among the 20 strongest in the world according to the current ATP rankings. There is also an Italian on the list: Lorenzo Sonego has chosen a completely different route than Fabio Fognini, Marco Cecchinato, Salvatore Caruso and Gianluca Mager, who go to Santiago de Chile, and Matteo Berrettini, Jannik Sinner and Stefano Travaglia, who instead engaged in Marseille.
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Below is the full list of participants:
- Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3
- Roger Federer (SUI) 5
- Andrey Rublev (RUS) 8
- Gael Monfils (FRA) 11
- Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 12
- Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 13
- David Goffin (BEL) 15
- Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 16
- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 18
- Borna Coric (CRO) 25
- Daniel Evans (GBR) 26
- Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 27
- Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 30
- Taylor Fritz (USA) 31
- Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 33
- Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 35
- Reilly Opelka (USA) 38
- John Millman (AUS) 39
- Kevin Anderson (RSA) 81 (14 PR)
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