Roger Federer hinted at it the night before, when he graciously attended to the journalists at one thirty in the morning, after beating Dominik Koepfer in a duel that got him more tangled than desired and that lasted for three and a half hours: “ I still need to decide whether to keep playing or not, if this is the right way to end the tournament. "
And he communicated it this Sunday afternoon, through a statement issued by the organization: “I have decided to abandon the tournament.
It is important to listen to my body ”.
The 39-year-old Swiss will not play the round of 16 match against Italian Matteo Berretini.
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