Roger Federer
Never in his career since he became a Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer had to start his challenge at a tournament with no expectations. But that is definitely the best approach for him and his enormous legion of fans.
This is his first competitive event since injuring his knee at Melbourne after bowing out of January’s Australian Open in the semi-finals. A subsequent surgery followed by a viral illness at Miami kept him out of the Tour for two months.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion’s primary objective now is to get used to the grind again which is supposed to take some time on a surface as gruelling as the red dirt.
Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round and 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the Round of 16 would provide him ample practice on his least productive surface. If the four-time runner-up can get past these early barriers, then eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga awaits in the quarters.
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