A few days before his 40th birthday, Roger Federer announced that he would not be competing in Toronto and Cincinnati in the coming weeks due to a knee injury. The 20-time major champion initially retired from Cincinnati, and it was clear that he would not travel to Canada either, as he would continue to pause after still feeling the pain in his troubled knee.
So Roger is pretty dubious for the last major of the season in New York, which starts at the end of August, since the heavy Wimbledon defeat, and enjoys the vacation with his family in Croatia.
Roger only played twice at the Canada Open after 2011, lost the final in 2014 and 2017 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alexander Zverev and stayed with two titles that were won in 2004 and 2006. Federer has suffered from a knee injury since February 2020 and only played 13 matches on the tour after last year’s Australian Open.
Roger underwent two surgeries last year and returned to Doha in March of this year.
Roger Federer will miss Toronto and Cincinnati with a knee injury
Federer defeated Daniel Evans before wasting a match point against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the quarterfinals.
Federer took more time off the field and took part in the ATP 250 draw at home in Geneva and lost to Pablo Andujar, although he led 4-2 in the last set. On the way to Paris, Federer won three Roland Garros wins and retired after a marathon against Dominik Koepfer in order to preserve the energy for his beloved lawn swing in Halle and Wimbledon.
Things didn’t go well for Roger when he suffered an early loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime in Halle for the first time in his career. Federer entered the All England Club for the 22nd time and reached his 18th place after victories over Adrian Mannarino, Richard Gasquet, Cameron Norrie and Lorenzo Sonego.
Wimbledon quarter finals. Against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, Roger suffered one of his worst defeats at majors, won only nine games and experienced the first 6-0 since Roland Garros in 2008! After the match, Federer admitted he was still feeling the pain in his knee and decided to skip the Tokyo Olympics.
The veteran is obviously not ready to get active again this month, withdraw from the upcoming Masters 1000 events and question his appearance at the US Open. Roger will do everything possible to extend his career and play at a high level for at least one more season.
However, it is becoming more and more difficult for him to overcome this knee injury and compete injury-free, especially at his age.
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