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‘On this train until Wimbledon,’ says Federer as Swiss legend returns

Eyes on Wimbledon for Roger Federer.

GENEVA: Roger Federer resumes his injury comeback on Swiss home soil in Geneva next week with the 39-year-old legend insisting: “We’re on this train until Wimbledon”.

Federer returned to the courts in March, having been out for more than a year following two knee surgeries, winning his first match in Qatar before losing his second.

Doha was his first appearance since January 2020 and an Australian Open semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic.

Federer was due to play in the May 2-9 Madrid Open, but made a late decision to switch to the lower-profile Geneva event where he should have a better chance of getting on a roll.

“Doha was just a little test of how I was doing,” 20-time Grand Slam title winner Federer told Leman Bleu television.

“Geneva is more than just a little…

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