Roger Federer will not play again until the grass-court swing.
Federer announced on Thursday that he has undergone arthroscopic knee surgery and will therefore skip Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami plus the entire clay-court swing.
“My right knee has been bothering me for a little while,” the 38-year-old Swiss posted on social media. “I hoped it would go away, but after an examination, and discussion with my team, I decided to have arthroscopic surgery in Switzerland yesterday [Wednesday].
“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 soon, see you on the grass!”
Missing clay-court tournaments in the spring is nothing new for Federer, so there would be no reason to expect him to play on the slow stuff if he isn’t completely 100 percent. The decision is likely a precautionary one, and the 20-time Grand Slam champion should be good to go for the Noventi Open in Halle and Wimbledon–both, of course, on his grass-court stomping grounds.
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