Federer confirmed for Montreal

Eurosport - Sat, 08 Aug 08:36:00 2009

Roger Federer will resume his career just over a month after his historic 15th Grand Slam triumph, after announcing that he will make his return at next week's Montreal Masters.

TENNIS 2009 Roger Federer with his wife and their tow daughters / Foto: www.facebook.com - 0

After his twin girls were born last month, questions began to grow as to whether the new father would make the trip across the Atlantic so soon after his wife, Mirka, gave birth.

But the Swiss star, who turns 28 on Saturday, put minds at ease with an announcement on his website.

"After the wonderful experiences over the past days it is my pleasure to inform you that I will be participating in the Rogers Cup in Montreal," Federer said. "I'm happy to be back competing and sharing my passion.

"As I was able to find enough time to practise these past weeks I must say that I feel fit and full of energy. It is a bit strange not to have played for a longer period - five weeks in total this time."

Federer won the Canadian event, which alternates between Montreal and Toronto with a WTA event, in 2004 and 2006.

He also currently holds all the Grand Slam titles bar the Australian Open with his success at Wimbledon beating Pete Sampras's previous record of 14 Grand Slam titles.

The Montreal tournament will also see the return of world number two Rafael Nadal.

The Spaniard has been off the tour since being upset by Robin Soderling in the fourth round at the French Open in May. It was his first defeat at Roland Garros where he had been the four-time champion.

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  1. I am happy that Federer has taken his latest status of­ fatherhood in his strides and is full steam to compete­ at Montreal. I wish him and his family the best of­ health and spirits. Further, it goes without saying­ that he will get the fullest support and encouragement­ from Mirka , as she was herself a tennis player. And­ who can understand him better than his own wife who has­ been a pillar of strength to him? Godspeed. Old Man.

    From Manohar H, on Sun 9 Aug 5:04PM

  2. I am happy that Federer has taken his latest status of­ fatherhood in his strides and is full steam to compete­ at Montreal. I wish him and his family the best of­ health and spirits.Godspeed. Old Man

    From Manohar H, on Sun 9 Aug 4:56PM

  3. Great photo Roger of you Mirka and the twins.Good luck­ in this weeks tournament hope you play Rafa in the­ final.

    From AJ, on Sun 9 Aug 4:40PM

  4. haaaaaaaappppppyyyyyyyy birthday my only 1 my 4ever­ number 1

    From spancillhill, on Sun 9 Aug 10:33AM

  5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROG!
    HE WILL BE A BIT RUSTY IN MONTREAL­ AFTER 5 WEEKS OUT, SPECIALLY BECAUSE HE HADN'T­ PRACTISE MUCH LATELY, BUT I BELIEVE HE WILL WIN­ THERE.
    C'MON ROG!!

    From Vítor, on Sat 8 Aug 8:28PM

  6. i believe the pride Roger has gained from having twins­ will motivate and inspire him to even greater success­ for the remainder of the season.

    From aleksicn93, on Sat 8 Aug 3:33PM

  7. I feel sorry for Federer's children - so young and­ already getting dragged around tennis courts and people­ planning their futures. They may not even like tennis­ although they may have no option but to go and watch­ their dad when they get older. But as anyone who has­ had children knows there is no way young children will­ sit for hours watching long tennis matches. It's­ totally irresponsible to drag new born babies half way­ round the world just because dad wants another win.

    From ANDREA, on Sat 8 Aug 3:17PM

  8. Congatulations to both of you ,ROGER & MIRKA for­ your healty twins & HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDSLAM KING­ goodluck on your cameback after you great success in ­ RG & Wimbledon. GODBLESS.

    From dan, on Sat 8 Aug 12:23PM

  9. Just seen the draw for Montreal. It's the most­ unfair draw I've ever seen. Why are all the­ in-players at this moment in time all bunched up in­ RF's bottom quarter and in Rafa's quarter?­ We've got Murray, Chardy, Hewitt, Safin, Gonzalez,­ Berdych, Haas, Karlovic and Davydenko all in one­ quarter. Poor Rafa's got Del Potro, Melzer,­ Kohlschreiber, Soderling, Robredo, Querry, Troicki and­ Ferrer. Seems they want a Roddick - RF final and nobody­ will be willing on Andy more than me.

    From Katy, on Sat 8 Aug 12:22PM

  10. Why does Roger's left arm look weird......?

    Happy­ birthday Rog!

    From vampiresarefun, on Sat 8 Aug 12:03PM

  11. man, if only he won the Aussie Open, he would've­ had a great chance at a Grand Slam

    From Dmitriy, on Sat 8 Aug 11:59AM

  12. Happy birthday Roger!!!

    From Alina, on Sat 8 Aug 10:43AM

  13. I also agree!

    From Nicholas, on Sat 8 Aug 10:11AM

  14. well said TransInc. I agree!

    From honynakhal, on Sat 8 Aug 8:15AM

  15. re #16 + 17 and remeber how he was also so apologetic­ for winning the aussie open?

    nadal is a real­ gentleman as is federer. i really don't understand­ why so many people feel they have to hate one an love­ the other instead of feeling lucky to be able to watch­ two such superb athletes competing against each other­ with such different styles of tennis

    From TransInc, on Sat 8 Aug 7:39AM

  16. Roger.. Are you carrying Charlene Riva or Myla­ Rose?!!
    wish you all the best champ!

    From honynakhal, on Sat 8 Aug 6:49AM

  17. dude thats a heart warming picture! congrats mirka and­ roger! may both your sucesses pass down to them. god­ bless

    From babolat_pro_dkh, on Sat 8 Aug 6:29AM

  18. Antony, Rafa isn't horrible though and that's­ what counts. Who cares about his other fans but I'm­ not horrible and I'm one. In fact he's the most­ humble and generous player of them all. Remember when­ he apologised to RF after winning Wimby?

    From Katy, on Sat 8 Aug 6:19AM
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    Nadal fans are horrible people.Nadal cant win any­ tornament again cos he's finish.Montreal will be a­ disgrace
    to him. He was only lucky in 2008

    From anthony, on Sat 8 Aug 5:54AM
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    Comment No.4. Soderling is not God, all he can do is­ win tin pot tournaments and pretend he wouldn't­ change them with a grand slam. Nadal was already­ injured in RG, he just didn't mention it because it­ would sound like an excuse. As for Soderling,­ you'll never see him in a GS final again, not even­ in a Master 1000 final. Probably quarter finals is as­ far as he can get.

    From Jimmy, on Sat 8 Aug 4:34AM
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