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Federer Beaten In First Match In Two Months

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wipes his face after losing the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis match against Spain’s Pablo Andujar on May 18, 2021 in Geneva.  (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

 

 

Roger Federer lost the first match of his comeback-proper on Tuesday as the Swiss tennis great tumbled out of the Geneva Open on his first outing in two months.

 

Spain’s Pablo Andujar returns the ball to Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis tournament on May 18, 2021 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

 

Federer lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to Spanish clay court specialist Pablo Andujar to wreck the 39-year-old’s hopes of stringing a run of matches together ahead of the French Open, Wimbledon, and the Tokyo Olympics.

 

Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns the ball to Spain’s Pablo Andujar during their match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis tournament on May 18, 2021 in Geneva. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)
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