{"id":8559,"date":"2022-06-13T17:32:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T17:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/roger-federer-intends-to-return-to-the-fields-in-2023"},"modified":"2022-06-13T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T19:55:43","slug":"roger-federer-intends-to-return-to-the-fields-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/roger-federer-intends-to-return-to-the-fields-in-2023","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer intends to return to the fields in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Roger Federer, former world number one, said that he intends to return to the professional circuit in 2023, when he is 41 years old, to be fulfilled in August, reported the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola, in this Sunday&#8217;s online edition.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Swiss tennis player has been out of action for almost a year due to a knee operation \u2013 since July 2021 and even so he is 50th in the ATP ranking \u2013, but plans to return to the circuit in addition to two fixed points he has this year: the Laver Cup , with Rafael Nadal, at the end of September, and the Basel tournament, which he organizes, at the end of October. &#8220;How and when, I don&#8217;t know yet, but that&#8217;s the idea. 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Roger Federer, former world number one, said that he intends to return to the professional circuit in 2023, when he is 41 years old, to be fulfilled in August, reported the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola, in this Sunday&#8217;s online edition. 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