Paris: Roger Federer said on Sunday he would undergo further knee surgery and admit he “will come out for months”, a decision that surpasses doubts in his future in tennis at the age of 40 years.
“I will be in a crutch stick for many people weeks and out of the game for months,” the winner of the grand slam title 20 times Federer said in the video posted on his Instagram account.
See this post on Instagram posts distributed by Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) The decision immediately ruled out it from the US Open, where he had won five times and which began within two weeks.
“I want to give myself a glimmer of hope to return to the tour in several forms or shapes,” Federer added.
“I’m realistic, don’t get me wrong.
I know how difficult it is at my age to undergo another operation.
I’ll try it.
I want to be healthy, I want to run.” Federer, who has played only 13 matches in 2021, underwent two knee operations in 2020 when he played only six times.
He had come out of the Tokyo Olympics to rest his knees.
Federer resigned from French this year opened after reaching the fourth round and was eliminated in the Wimbledon quarter-finals, Jinak 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), lost 6-0 to Hubert Hurkacz.
The defeat was only the 14th at the All England Club in 119 matches, and the first time he was beaten in the tournament in a direct set since the first exit was in the hands of Mario Ancic in 2002.
It was also the first time he had lost a set of 6-0 at Wimbledon and Only the third time in a slam.
“I’ve done a lot of checks with your doctor on my knee,” he added on Sunday.
“I hurt myself further during the grass court season and it wasn’t a way to progress.” They told me to feel better I would need surgery.
I decided to do it.
“After 40 years ago, Federer said he was studying to adjust to the fact that recovering from Niggles took two weeks than two days.” It was different before.
The question is simple: What is my place in rank? What will be the next tournament? “, He told Blick newspaper.” Today, it’s more difficult: how do I feel when I start practicing again? What’s my purpose? How do you reconcile all this with family? What are the other team members say? “I was far more enthusiastic than before, his attitude was different.
This is really different from 10 years ago.” Federer arrested his last major in Australia Open 2018.
He had passed 36 and the second oldest man to win the title Slam since then, Novak Djokovic has claimed eight majors again and Rafael Nadal’s old rival has taken four.
Both now stands the level on 20 slamming with Federer.
Should Federer prepare to bend after 23 years on the tour, he will leave a career decorated by 103 titles – only Jimmy Connors with 109 has more – a combined 310 weeks in number one and more than $ 130 million.
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The following week, the US Open confirmed the withdrawal of Federer from the last Grand Slam incident this year with his place in the draw taken by Tallon Griekspoor from the Netherlands.
Nadal remained doubtful for the US Open where he was the fourth place.
The 35-year-old Spaniard was injured in his semi-final loss with Djokovic at the French Open in June.
The Spaniard passed Wimbledon and Olympics and played only one match in Washington earlier this month before withdrawing from Toronto and Cincinnati Masters.
Djokovic also skipped Cincinnati after a disappointing Olympic campaign.
Field, led by Russia Daniil Medvedev, without the number one resting Novak Djokovic plus a Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer injury.
“Things change.
Strike bodies are not top players followed by tennis (progress),” said the big winner three times Andy Murray in Cincinnati on Sunday.