The 34-year-old Swiss has undergone an exploratory operation on his knee. He walked over last month after the Australian Open a torn meniscus on.
“In the first place, we hope for a speedy recovery for Roger. From my own experience I know that recovery from this operation may take some time” says tournament director Richard Krajicek.
“The fact that he was advised not to play herewith enough. The message was for us last night, of course, huge bales, as for the tennis fans who rejoiced at his coming.”
In addition to the tournament in Rotterdam, which takes place from 8 to 14 February at Ahoy, Federer also misses the Dubai ATP tournament later this month.
Grateful
The seventeen-time Grand Slam winner says a difficult, but having inevitable decision.
“I am very disappointed that I Rotterdam and Dubai should miss, because they are two of my favorite tournaments,” Federer said on his own website.
“While this is a setback, I am thankful that I stayed virtually injury free so far during my career. The doctors have assured me that the surgery was successful and with the proper recovery, I am back again soon. “
Federer won the ABN Amro tournament in 2005 and 2012. At the Australian Open he reached recently to the semi-finals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.
Kyrgios
In addition to the Swiss has also nick kyrgios opted out of the tournament in Rotterdam. The South Korean Hyeon Chung and Czech Lukas Rosol take their place.
The Frenchman Richard Gasquet as number ten in the world is now the only player in the global top ten in Ahoy. Last year the tournament was won by Stan Wawrinka.
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