Federer fit to play for 3 or 4 more years
Federer will make his tournament return in the January 1-7 Hopman Cup team event at Perth.
World No.8 Dominic Thiem will be the third among the top-10 tennis players to be present in the 2017 edition of the Barcelona Open, to be held from April 22 to 30.
Thiem joins two other top ten players: Japan’s fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori and Spain’s ninth-ranked Rafael Nadal, who are also the last two champions of the tournament, it was announced on Thursday.
Also confirmed participation was of Spain’s David Ferrer, four-times finalist in Barcelona, and the Jack Sock of United States.
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