Roger Federer pulls out of French Open to protect knee before Wimbledon

Swiss withdraws before his fourth-round match Federer has had two knee surgeries and a year of rehab Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open one day after reaching the fourth round with a late-night, three-hour, 35min win against Dominik Koepfer of Germany. He was due to face the ninth seed, Matteo Berrettini, on Monday but instead the Italian received a walkover into his first Roland Garros quarter-final. In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, Federer said he does not want to pus...