The news that Federer will play in Basel from October 24 to 30, on fast surfaces and indoors, was released on Tuesday by the Swiss Rene Stauffer, journalist and biographer of Federer, on his Twitter social network account. Later, the social networks of the tournament confirmed the version and it was replicated by the Swiss legend himself.
Federer, 40 years old and winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, the same amount as the Spanish Rafael Nadal and one less than the Serbian Novak Djokovic, last played in June 2021 at Wimbledon, where he lost to the Polish Hubert Hurkacz.
In that match, the Swiss played physically diminished due to the injury that haunts his knee and then had to undergo a new surgery, which did not allow him to return to tennis, although he did announce that he will play the Laver Cup, the tournament to be held in Boston from September 23 to 25.
Federer is the most successful tennis player in the Basel ATP, since he conquered it 10 times, the last three consecutively, and heads the hall of fame of the Swiss tournament above figures such as Bjorn Borg, Iván Lendl, John McEnroe , Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Pete Sampras.
Throughout its history, the contest had four Argentine champions: Guillermo Vilas in 1978, David Nalbandian in 2002, Guillermo Coria in 2003 and Juan Martín Del Potro in 2012 and 2013.
Source: Ambito
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