Roger Federer will kickstart his claycourt marketing campaign at subsequent month’s Geneva Open as he steps up his preparations for the French Open, the 39-year-old Swiss wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
After lacking greater than a yr following two knee operations, Federer returned on Tour finally month’s Qatar Open, the place he suffered a quarter-final defeat by Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili.
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The 20-times Grand Slam champion then withdrew from the Dubai event in an effort to prepare and put together going ahead.
“Happy to let you know that I will play Geneva and Paris. Until then I will use the time to train. Can’t wait to play in Switzerland again,” Federer, whose solely French Open triumph got here in 2009, mentioned in a Twitter submit.
Hi everybody!
Happy to let that I’ll play Geneva and Paris . Until then I’ll use the time to coach. Can’t wait to play in Switzerland once more.— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) April 18, 2021
The Geneva ATP 250 occasion is scheduled to run from May 16-22, whereas the French Open begins on May 30 in Paris.
