BREAKING: Roger Federer Withdraws from 5 Tournaments – Announces Surgery

Roger Federer has announced some sad news for his fans. The Swiss maestro will miss out on the tennis season for the next few months following a surgery on his right knee. While his recovery time remains to be seen, he will certainly be off the tennis courts at least until the grass season.

Roger Federer is a tennis titan who has been at the very top of the sport for more than 15 years now. At the age of 38, he still remains among the best players in the world, currently ranked World No. 3.

Roger Federer out after surgery

In some sad news for the tennis fans, Roger announced he had issues with his right knee for a while. Hence, on the advice of his doctors, he opted to have surgery on the knee to rectify the problem.

The surgery on his knee means that Roger will now miss the next few months of the Tour.

“My right knee has been bothering me for a little while. I hoped it would go away, but after an examination, and discussion with my team, I decided to have arthroscopic surgery in Switzerland yesterday. After the procedure the doctors confirmed that it was the right thing to have done and are very confident of a full recovery. As a result, I will unfortunately have to miss Dubai, Indian Wells, Bogota, Miami and the French Open. I am grateful for everyone’s support. I can’t wait to be back playing again soon, see you on the grass!”

If all goes well and he recuperates in time, Federer will return for the grass season. He will definitely want to make it back in time for Wimbledon, where he was the runner-up last year. He will want to win it, no doubt, but will at least want to defend his 1200 points.

This injury incident is eerily similar to the one in 2016. In that season too Federer lost to Novak Djokovic in the semi finals of the Australian Open, but then underwent arthroscopic surgery right after.

He was out for a month and a half in 2016, returning at the Miami Masters.

If his recovery goes to plan this year, Roger will return with 4450 points and, in all probability, remain in the top 10.

It is very rare indeed that Roger Federer has serious issues with his fitness. Hopefully, he will be back to full fitness when he steps out on the grass courts.