Back in March, the 34-year-old revealed that he had knee surgery due to an injury sustained while preparing a bath for his twin daughters. He had to undergo an arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
At the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 8, 2016 in London, England.
“I woke up, I don’t know exactly remember what happened. I think I was going to run a bath for the girls. I made a very simple movement, turned back, heard a click in my knee. I went to the zoo. My leg was swollen,” said Federer to the UK Telegraph. He came back and had an MRI done in Switzerland, then saw a doctor right after the MRI who told him he needed surgery.
These would have been his 5th Olympics. In 2008 he won 2 gold medals in Beijing and in 2012 he received a silver medal in the London Olympics.
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