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[caption id="attachment_1395" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Roger Federer makes winning return. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: After six months of absence due to an injury, Swiss Roger Federer perfectly approached his return to the courts after long months of absence for a knee injury. He easily won against Briton Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4, for his first game of the Hopman Cup in Perth. Falling 16th in the world, its lowest ranking since October 2002, former No. 1 took only one hour to overcome the World No. 66th. The 35-year-old Grand Slam winner will pass two more serious tests on Wednesday against Germany's Alexander Zverev, the world's 24th and rising star in the new wave of world tennis, and against Frenchman Richard Gasquet. Federer disputes the Hopman Cup in duet with Belinda Bencic. She will face later in the day the British Heather Watson. The Hopman Cup is preparing for the Australian Open (16-29 January), the first Grand Slam of the year. In the other Group A match, France beat Germany 2-1. Andrea Petkovic gave the advantage to Germany by beating 6-2, 6-1 Kristina Mladenovic. Richard Gasquet took the measure in two sets (7-5 ​​and 6-3) of Alexander Zverev . In the double decisive, France won 4-2, 4-1. On Sunday, Spain (Feliciano Lopez and Lara Arruabarrena) created the surprise by beating Australia (Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova), while the United States (Jack Sock and Coco Vandeweghe) won by3-0 against the Czech Republic (Adam Pavlasek and Lucie Hradecka).