Roger Federer has vowed to return to tennis in his 40th year after announcing he will miss the rest of this coronavirus-hit season following further knee surgery.
The Swiss superstar, who turns 39 in August, revealed he suffered a setback in his recovery from an operation in February and needed to go under the knife again.
And the 20-time Grand Slam champion will now rest his right knee during the tennis shutdown with the aim of making another comeback next year.
He missed the final six months of the 2016 season – including the Olympics and the US Open – after two previous knee operations before returning to win the 2017 Australian Open at the age of 35. He also won Wimbledon that year and defended his Melbourne title in 2018 to bring his tally to 20 Grand Slams.
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