Ever since the 37-year-old announced he was ending his self-imposed French Open exile, anticipation has been growing and video footage of his gentle warmup on Tuesday sent his legions of fans into a frenzy. Federer will step into a new look Roland Garros this year and admits it has been hard to be away. GLITTERING RECORDFederer's last match at Roland Garros was a quarter-final loss to fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka in 2015. Since then he has added two Australian Opens and one more Wimbledon title to his glittering record and he clearly still hungers after the game's biggest prizes. "You can't say never because it's Roger," twice French Open runner-up Alex Corretja, told Reuters.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 06:56 UTC