The picturesque setting of the Monte Carlo masters .
Roger Federer
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Roger Federer in action in a practice session during day One of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters
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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.
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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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Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
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