After attending Australian Open in early 2020, Roger Federer had to go through a very dark period in his career. Due to heavy knee injuries, the Swiss player had to undergo 2 surgeries, one in February and one in June. This is also the reason why he had to play for 13 months.
In March this year, Federer officially re -appeared when attending the Qatar Exxonmobil Open in Doha and stopped in the quarterfinals. Later, he continued to skip a series of tournaments like Madrid Open or Rome Masters and then re -exported the second time in Geneva Open. However, the Swiss “Express train” has not yet been the desired form because of the defeat right from the second round before the world ranked 75th in the world.
With the above results, Federer admitted he did not dare to dream high at Roland Garros. The Swiss “Express train” still only sees this as a tournament for him to regain the feeling and performance, thereby running the momentum for the pitch, namely Wimbledon. Even so, fans are still making great expectations in Federer.
During the day of launching in the first round of Roland Garros this year, Federer will face Denis Istomin. At the age of 34, the Uzbekistan tennis player no longer retains his form and has fallen to 203 in the world. Notably, since mid -2020 to the expansion of France, Istomin is not eligible to participate in the official round of any ATP. Therefore, the fact that he passed 3 qualifiers to reach the first round and encounter Federer is still considered a miracle.
In the past, Federer and Istomin had 7 meetings. As a result, the Swiss “Express Train” won all 7. At the 8th meeting, Istomin is considered to be difficult to make a surprise.
Predict the match results: Roger Federer 3-0 Denis Istomin
Roger Federer vs Denis Istomin
– Tournament: Roland Garros 2021 – Round 1
– Category: Grand Slam
– The yard: land
– Time: around 21:00 on 31/5
– Location: Paris (France)
