The 20-time Grand Slam champion announced his upcoming surgery in an Instagram video on Sunday.
Number 21 is on hold. Roger Federer will miss the U.S. Open next month and be sidelined for months because he needs a third operation on his right knee. However, Federer said the medical procedure will give him “a glimmer of hope” to compete again later. The 20-time Grand Slam champion announced his upcoming surgery in an Instagram video on Sunday. “I’ve been doing a lot of checks with the doctors, as well, on my knee, getting all the information as I hurt myself further during the grass-court season and Wimbledon,” Federer said. “Unfortunately they told me for the medium- to long-term, to feel better, I will need surgery, so I decided to do it. I will be on crutches for many weeks and then also out of the game for many months.
