“Sadly, they informed me for the medium to long-term, to really feel higher, I’ll want surgical procedure, so I made a decision to do it. I will probably be on crutches for a lot of weeks after which additionally out of the sport for a lot of months.”
“I wish to be wholesome. I wish to be operating round later, as properly, once more, and I wish to give myself a glimmer of hope, additionally, to return to the tour in some form or type,” he added.
“I’m real looking, do not get me unsuitable. I understand how tough it’s at this age proper now to do one other surgical procedure and check out it.”
Federer missed greater than a 12 months of motion after having two operations on his knee after the Australian Open in 2020.
He returned for the 2021 French Open however withdrew after his third-round win to guard his knee. Federer then misplaced within the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in June.
After his Wimbledon loss, he withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics after asserting an damage setback together with his knee.
This 12 months’s US Open is scheduled to start out on August 30 and runs via September 12 in New York.
