It’s been a while since the French Open audience had a chance to see Roger Federer. The Swiss tennis player competed at Roland Garros last time in 2015, having missed the previous three tournaments for various reasons. But Federer, who has won one French Open title, decided to return for 2019 and is off to a good start.
In the first round of the tournament, Federer faced Italian Lorenzo Sonego on Sunday and managed to get an easy 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 win. The 37-year-old dominated the entire match and never lost his composure. Sonego, on the other side, put up a solid resistance, but a combination of bad plays and unforced errors ended up sending him home early.
You can check out the best moments of the match between Federer and Sonego below.
“I missed you; thanks very much for the welcome,” – Federer told the crowd after wrapping up the match. “I was quite tense at the start.”
Federer is set to play German Oscar Otte in the second round on Wednesday.
Other players that secured their place in the second round include Marin Cilic, who defeated Thomas Fabbiano 6-3, 7-5, 6-1, and Nicolas Mahut, who came back from 2-0 deficit to overcome 2018’s French Open semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato.
