Roger Federer

Roger Federer has won Wimbledon a record eight times in the Open era but the Swiss star is not competing at the tournament this year.

Losing in the 2008 final, Federer came back a year later to secure his sixth crown. This year's edition comes just to soon for the 40-year-old to try and add his name once again to the winner's wall. Ever since last year's competition, the Swiss legend underwent knee surgery and has been out of action since.

For the first time in the past two decades, Roger Federer will not be present at Wimbledon. The Swiss champion made his debut on the London meadows in 1999, ...

Novak hopefully will play his best because it would be a shame that this continuation of what this debacle in Australia would continue to affect him,” he said. “He’s been trying to get it back, so it’s sort of set up, at least for him now, to hopefully get his act back together. You had a lot of times where you got to watch this guy play and win it numerous times. However, he also expressed his concern about the 20-time Grand Slam winner’s performance since the Australian Open debacle. Since then, the former world number 1 has not missed a single edition of the Championships (except for 2020, when the tournament was canceled due to the pandemic). According to his statements, Roger is expected to play some tournaments in 2023 as well.

The latest Rodger Federer news on the eight-time Wimbledon champion as tennis tournament gets underway.

Venus Williams has said she will not feature in SW19 as a player but will support her sister. The 42-year-old has not played on the WTA tour since last August and confirmed on Instagram that she will not be returning to the grass court season this year: “Well, so no, I’m not playing. And I think he’d like another Wimbledon. That place has been incredibly special to him.” But my brain just like feels that way. He has certainly not retired yet. Fans have already been treated to an exciting first day at Wimbledon as The Championships returned to SW19 once more but the eight-time winner of the Grand Slam Roger Federer will not be present.

Former World No.1 and 8-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer will be absent from the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in 23 years.

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Federer has been rehabilitating after undergoing a double knee surgery last summer. Ahead of the start of this year’s tournament on Monday, fans were active on social media regarding Federer’s unfortunate absence. ADVERTISEMENT Roger Federer will miss this year’s Wimbledon, making it the first time that he will be missing since making his professional debut.

Rafael Nadal will be there in a few years too, followed by Novak Djokovic in another few years. But as much as this edition is about Djokovic and Nadal and ...

Irrespective of the discontent and rage, the fans are going to tune in. For every Djokovic who plays to win, there’s a tennis player who arrives at the event with the sole aim of accumulating enough points just so they can prolong their career. Another thing that has taken the sheen out of this year’s Wimbledon is the scrapping of ranking points by the ATP. The event will have no effect on world rankings, and this is a major blow for low-ranked players for whom these points are akin to livelihood. And if you want to understand the true beauty of Federer’s kinetic beauty, which has been the subject of countless eulogies, you’ll need to watch him play on the grass, the surface most suited to his grace and poise. “You had a lot of time where you got a chance to watch this guy play and win it numerous times. To watch the tournament without him will be a bit disorientating, a brave new world that will take some time used to.

Roger Federer announced his name on the biggest of stages beating idol Pete Sampras in the fourth-round of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.

This was Sampras’ earliest elimination in over a decade at the All-England Club. Sampras won 7 titles between 1993 and 2000, with a solitary loss in 1996. In the first meeting with his idol Sampras, Federer produced some of his best tennis against the American on a 31-match win streak at SW19. The former World No.1 made his professional debut in 1998.

Former World No. 1 Roger Federer remains the only player in tennis history to have won at least five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slams.

It also had the floating R with the floating F and it is very light. And I really, of course, hope you like it," Federer said. Roger Federer fans can once again buy clothes featuring his iconic 'RF' logo for the first time since he switched brand partners from Nike to UNIQLO in 2018. "[Whether my family will travel with me again for tennis tournaments] is a problem I would very much like to have." Federer last played at Wimbledon, where he was beaten by Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinals. After winning his first US Open title, Federer went on to win four more titles at Flushing Meadows in the following four years.

Former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori has signed on to play the Citi Open and Washington now appears to be the tournament where the Japanese will make his ...

During the interview, Roger Federer was also asked if he knew how to cook, to which he answered in the negative. While Federer has 20 Grand Slams to his name, the Spaniard added two more this year and now has 22. After finishing his 2021 season a bit early, Nishikori hoped to be ready for the start of the 2022 season. In 2016, Nishikori did not defend his title due to injury. After three early starts in Washington, Nishikori reached the Washington quarterfinals in 2014. Nishikori, 32, is a very familiar face at the Citi Open as he will be making his ninth appearance at the tournament, which begins on August 1.

Patrick Mouratoglou, Simona Halep's new coach, revealed the reasons for Roger Federer's dominance on grass-courts.

He has the ability to hit the ball early and hit the net with the right timing. It is one of the factors that have contributed most to his success. Mouratoglou explained: "It is no mystery that Roger Federer is the best player ever on grass with his 20 trophies, including eight titles at Wimbledon.

The tennis ace will not be competing in Wimbledon this year as he recovers from knee surgery - here we take a look at his life away from sport with wife ...

Roger and Mirka didn't opt for a lavish showbiz wedding. From there she became Federer's PR manager and took charge of his media affairs. Two sets of twins is a lot to look after, and Roger has praised Mirka in the past for doing a 'lot of work'.

Roger Federer is missing Wimbledon 2022 due to a knee injury which has kept him out of action for the best part of a year.

The 36-year-old, who won twice at SW19 himself, said: “We shared lot of important things together. We knew before that an operation of this nature would require a long break. He admitted back in November that he would be unlikely to make Wimbledon this year, telling Swiss newspaper 24 heures: “And that is not a surprise.