It will be necessary to wait, Roger Federer aims a return in the summer of 2022

Will we see Roger Federer on a tennis court again?

If so, then it will take patience, because the 40-year-old Swiss, who is recovering from a right knee injury, is aiming for a return to competition in the summer of 2022.

“The truth is, I would be incredibly surprised to play Wimbledon;

as much to say that Australia does not even come into account ”, entrusted the Swiss icon of tennis, to the

and to the daily newspaper

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“The truth is, I would be incredibly surprised to play Wimbledon;

as much to say that Australia does not even come into account ”, entrusted the Swiss icon of tennis, which celebrated its 40 years in August.

16th world

Federer, who has played only 13 games this year after a year of interruption linked to a double intervention in the right knee, “therefore considers (his) return to competition for the summer 2022 ”, but“ warns that the next four or five months will be decisive ”.

Caught up in pain during the grass season, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and then forfeited the Tokyo Olympics, again undergoing two operations to “suture” his right internal meniscus and then treat his cartilage.

“This operation, I was going to have to do it anyway for my long-term well-being […] to be able to ski with my children, to play soccer or tennis with my friends in the decades to come.

My first motivation was to get back in shape for my life as a man, ”explained the native of Basel.

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