Roger Federer has knee surgery, will miss 2020 French Open

Roger Federer has announced he will miss this year’s French Open and several other tournaments after undergoing knee surgery.

The 20-time grand slam champion went under the knife in Switzerland on Wednesday.

Federer, 38, wrote on Twitter: "My right knee has been bothering me for a little while.

"I hoped it would go away but after an examination, and discussion with my team, I decided to have an arthroscopic surgery in Switzerland yesterday."

Federer, who won his solitary Roland Garros title in 2009, will not be back in action until the grass-court season at the earliest.

He continued: "After the procedure, the doctors confirmed that it was the right thing to have done and are very confident of a full recovery.

"As a result, I will unfortunately have to miss Dubai, Indian Wells, Bogota, Miami and the French Open.

"I am grateful for everyone's support. I can't wait to be back playing again soon, see you on the grass!"

Federer could potentially return to play at one of his favourite tournaments in Halle, Germany, on June 15. He has was won the grass-court tournament 10 times.

This year's Wimbledon runs from June 29 - July 12 with the Tokyo Olympics tennis event following from July 25 - August 2.

Federer had surgery on his left knee in February 2016 to repair a torn meniscus. He suffered the injury after a semifinal run in the Australian Open and missed the Rio Olympics and U.S. Open. He’s had surgeries now on both knees.

Date: 20 February 2020