Published 13:35 IST, November 23rd 2019

Roger Federer heartbroken after announcing cancellation of matches

Roger Federer: The exhibition match between him and Zverev has been cancelled due to concerns over the recent riots in Bogota, Colombia. Read on for details.

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Tennis legend Roger Federer arrived on Thursday in Colombian capital city of Bogota for third leg of his exhibition tour against Alexander Zverev. However, on Saturday, Federer dressed people of Bogota that his exhibition match has been cancelled. scheduled match has been called off due to concerns over riots that recently took place in city. Federer also took to his Instagram handle and promised everyone that he will be back soon to give Colombian fans chance to watch him play. anuncement initially attracted some heat from crowd, however Swiss Maestro was applauded post his speech. Speaking to fans, he showed his gratitude to be back in capital and expressed his desire to come back and play for many years to come. He also apologised to spectators for cancellation and promised a return.

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Colombian unions amongst or protesters marched across Bogota’s central square and or meeting points this past Thursday as y called for maintaining minimum ws for young and universal rights for a pension of old. situation h also resulted in injuries to members of police force and several buses were vandalized, according to several reports.

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What is next?

Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev are currently in middle of ir tour of rth and South America and y have alrey played in Chile and Argentina. ir match in Bogota, which was set to happen in only a few hours, was reportedly expecting a packed crowd with an attendance of over 40.000. neless, King Roger will certainly give fans a show y deserve as match shall be scheduled to a later date. Roger Federer will play his final three matches in Colombia, Mexico and Ecuor.

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12:35 IST, November 23rd 2019