Roger Federer's

last match

on clay dated from the 2019 Roland Garros semifinals. He lost to

Rafael Nadal

6-3, 6-4, 6-2, in what seemed to be his farewell to the Grand Slam where he was champion in 2009 Almost two years after that June 7 whipped by an inclement wind at the

Philippe Chatrier

, the Swiss put his feet back on the ground at the ATP 250 in Geneva, the place chosen for his return to the slopes after falling with

Nikoloz Basilashvili

in Doha quarters last March.

A victim of a double operation on his right knee, Federer, 39, intends to return to Roland Garros, only to jump onto the grass in Halle as a shoot for Wimbledon. In his third game of the year, with some of his colleagues picking up the moment of his return with their mobiles from the stands, he had moments of his own extraordinary class, but ended up falling against the Spaniard Pablo Andújar, 75th, who defeated him 4- 6, 6-4 and 6-3.

Federer tried to manage the break achieved in the third game of the third set and abandoned himself in the rest turns, aware that he is still far from his best moment.

Andújar, 35, did not need much to achieve a victory that he celebrated by putting his hands to his face and with a respectful greeting as an apology when both said goodbye on the network.

He won five games in a row, from 1-3 to 6-3.

The winner of 20 Grand Slam titles said in the days leading up to this Nice tournament that he would need at least 10 matches to gauge his recovery.

At the moment, his tennis is far from what it was, although it left sparks of genius.

The important thing is that his knee does not suffer and that he can continue in the difficult attempt to fight for the big titles again.

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