Roger Federer Injury: Updates on Tennis Star’s Knee and Recovery

Roger Federer announced Tuesday via his Facebook page he will miss the remainder of the tennis season—including the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the U.S. Open—to rehabilitate his knee: 

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Federer Still Recovering from Torn Meniscus  Tuesday, July 26

Federer had arthroscopic surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee on Feb. 3, forcing him to miss tournaments in Rotterdam, Dubai and Indian Wells while he initially recovered. He suffered the injury running a bath for his daughters, as he described to ATPWorldTour.com before the Miami Open in March:

I remember I turned, I felt my knee was funny, I turned back. That’s when I heard a click. I did feel that something was strange in my knee. Very simple movement, probably a movement I’ve done a million times in my life for sure. When I got the news that I had to have the operation I saw the pictures and talked …

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