Federer wins first exhibition match in Chile against Zverev

Roger Federer won on Tuesday in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win as the exhibition tour began between the Swiss legend and Alexander Zverev in Santiago.

Federer who is still up at number 3 in the ATP ranking; he was the centre of adulation by the nearly 13,000 spectators in the Movistar Arena in the Chilean capital.

They were not disappointed as they played for nearly two hours; afterwards Federer said that he hopes to return to Chile one day.

“I hope to return to Chile, one day is very little, this is a great country,” Federer told the public at the end of their match.

Federer ended up moving to the stadium to play a small exhibition with kids; as he gives back on that side as well as taking on the German.

They will play again later today in Argentina, they will then move on to Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador; to bring to a close a Latin American Tour.

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