The Swiss suffered a torn meniscus the day after his Australian Open semifinal defeat to Novak Djokovic in January, forcing him to drag out of February’s ABN AMRO World Tennis Event in Rotterdam and Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Championships.
“There is a huge distinction between a small meniscal tear and a big one. It additionally will depend on how the affected person applies themselves to their restoration,” he informed CNN Sport earlier this month.
“For somebody like Federer, who may have one-on-one physio and loads of time to work onerous, a return inside a month is affordable.”
A meniscus is a C-shaped piece of cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between the thigh and shin bones, with tears to it a typical harm for athletes.
Soccer star Luis Suarez bounced again from meniscal surgical procedure inside 4 weeks to attain for Uruguay in opposition to England on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, though Curry conceded Federer’s age may forestall him from making a equally speedy restoration.
“Which may put him at barely extra threat,” he added. “However he is a consummate skilled and is sufficiently old to know that if he is not prepared, he’ll simply must skip one other event.”
