Roger Federer said it was time to go back to the drawing board after the Swiss tennis great lost the first match of his comeback in Geneva ...
Roger Federer said it was time to go back to the drawing board after the Swiss tennis great lost the first match of his comeback in Geneva on Tuesday.
In his first outing for two months, the 39-year-old lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to Spanish clay court specialist Pablo Andujar to wreck his hopes of stringing a run of matches together ahead of a series of major tournaments, namely the French Open, Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics.
Federer tentatively returned to the courts in Doha in March, having been out for more than a year following two knee surgeries, winning his first match before losing his second.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was hoping to find some form on the Geneva clay but tumbled at the first hurdle in his first defeat on home soil in seven and a half years.
“It’s good to be back on the court but then you lose a match like this and you’re down,” Federer told reporters.
“I know my limitations at the moment. People expect a lot from me and I have high expectations for myself. So when I walk out of a match and feel I could have played so much better, it feels strange and it’s disappointing.”
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