He was playing Dad.
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“It was a very simple movement, probably a movement I’ve done a million times in my life, ” Federer said Thursday. I really don’t think there is a major problem. Doctors diagnosed it as a torn meniscus and Federer had surgery soon after.
That’s how long it’s taken to see Juan Martin Del Potro to win a match in Miami.
The 34-year-old Federer told reporters he felt a “click” as he transferred his weight to his left leg, but did not realise the seriousness of the injury at the time. He’s playing Key Biscayne for the 16th time, although he did skip the tournament previous year.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion had last week used a string of emojis on his Twitter handle to confirm that he was ready to resume. I’m just really pleased that I’m here. “I haven’t seen him play at all since he’s been back, so I’m not quite sure what to expect, even though my coach went to see his match yesterday.” .
Del Potro let a match-point slip away with Pella serving at 4-5 of the second set, but completed the match in the tiebreaker.
Wild-card Heather Watson beat 20th-seeded Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-0.
Christina Mchale, of the United States, returns a shot from Serena Williams, also of the United Stat …
In other first-round action, Frenchwoman Alize Cornet beat Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan to set up a match with third-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska, while Germany’s Julia Goerges beat Japan’s Nao Hibino and will next play Australian Samantha Stosur.
Federer has been a supporter of more drug testing in tennis, suggesting in November at the year-end championships that all players should get tested at tournaments from the quarterfinal onwards. “I never had an issue with equality in gender or sport or other areas of life”, Djokovic said. “That’s not OK for me”. I went to the zoo. “He comes and sees me the day after my surgery, and one week later”. “When I was fighting for prize money increases, especially at the slam level, I was always very aware of the fact that it would impact the women’s game”, said Federer, a former president of the ATP’s player council.
“I’m happy that tennis has produced some of the greatest female athletes in the world, ” he said. Equal prize money is a good thing. The Swiss Maestro will test his post-knee recuperation form against Del Potro, who has not faced Federer since the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals back in 2013.
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Federer has been a model of durability throughout his career.
