Roger Federer returned to a tournament of the ATP, this Wednesday, February 10, after defeating in three sets (7-6, 3-6 and 7-5) Dan Evans, in play corresponding to the round of 16 of the Doha, Qatar Open.
The complex of Tennis Khalifa had a 20% capacity to see the return of the Swiss on hard court and witness the victory number 1,243 in his prolific career; only surpassed by American Jimmy Connors, with 1,274 wins.
In view of Novak Djokovic, at the 2020 Australian Open, it had been Roger Federer’s last meeting; at that time he lost in the semifinals against the Serbian and in just three sets (7-6-4 and 6-3). Djokovic assured that Federer was not physically well and asked for respect.
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That confrontation between Djokovic and Federer took place on January 30, 2020, just two days before Australia detected the first local case of COVID-19. After that game, Federer had to be iSurgical intervention of the knee up to two times.
In the 405 days that Roger Federer was without activity the world changed completely. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) decree pandemic before the advance by COVID-19 in the orb.
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By March 24, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, they decided to postpone the summer joust for this 2021; recently they assured that they will be carried out without public.
In August 2020, Russia announced the creation of the first vaccine against COVID-19: Sputnik V. By November 25, the world was shaking with the death of Diego Armando Maradona. Today the whole world is facing a massive vaccination process and the threat of new variants.
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