Former world number one Andy Murray said 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer made a “sensible decision” to withdraw from the French Open to protect his body after two knee operations and opt to focus his efforts on Wimbledon.
Federer, 39, decided to end his Roland Garros campaign on Sunday, a day after winning a grueling third-round match against Dominik Koepfer.
Eight-time Wimbledon winner Federer, who has hardly played in the last 17 months because of a knee injury, had been due to face Italian ninth seed Matteo Berrettini in the French Open on Monday.
Replying to a tweet from a user who said Federer was “disrespectful” to other players for “using” the French Open to…
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