Roger Federer announced on Thursday that he will play in the upcoming Miami Open. There had been speculation following Federer’s withdrawal from the BNP Paribas Open that he would not return until the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on clay.
But when the 34-year-old Swiss pulled out of Indian Wells and said he would play in Monte-Carlo, he did not specifically indicate that he would skip Miami. The door was left open, and Federer continued to drop hints on social media of his progress in recovering from a knee injury.
Getting stronger 💪🏼
Jumping & running 🆙🏃💨 pic.twitter.com/XvX74YJ1p2— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 10, 2016
Warming up before playing #tennis
☀🎾🌴🕶 pic.twitter.com/9pGV0CA4P3— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 11, 2016
Rise and grind 🎾🌴😊 pic.twitter.com/6UOSrCANjZ
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 14, 2016
Federer has not played since losing in the Australian Open semifinals to Novak Djokovic. The 17-time major champion has participated in the Miami Masters only once in the last three years, losing to Kei Nishikori in the 2014 quarterfinals. Federer took to Twitter to announce his comeback, which will officially begin with a second-round match either next Friday or Saturday.
🔜🚙🛫🌎🛬🇺🇸🍊🌞🌴🐬🏝😎🎾👍 @MiamiOpen
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 17, 2016
he’s back!
Whoa!! ALLEZ!! I hope he’s in good condition now. Roger is not one to rush into action so I’m sure he’s all recovered again. Let’s go Roger!!
Rise and Grind! Great news for ALL tennis fans!!!!
Fed worshipers have always called themselves ‘tennis fans’. LOL
who the hell ‘worships’ a tennis player?!
AT 11:49 AM,
Google is your friend.
but no, I also think this is good news. Fed’s a massive , massive champion.
Isn’t this sooner than expected? I guess that means that Fed had a good recovery.
It’s always good news when a great champion is able to be back in action again.
Federer really said this? Did he really mean it ? Or maybe he is referring to the 2008 -2014 period when Rafa dominated him 80 percent times.
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/federer-i-knew-from-the-start-that-nadal-would-become-better-than-me_sto5323207/story.shtml
I don’t think Rafa has more talent than Federer. He surely works harder and has more resilience .
^Yes, he basically said he was no child prodigy like Hingis or Nadal or Hewitt. He’s said it quite a few times. That he didn’t think he could go beyond winning a Wimbledon-maybe. His interview when he won his first major says it all.