Roger Federer's agent says star will miss the Australian Open as he recovers from knee surgeries

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Roger Federer will miss the Australian Open for the first time since 1999, but his agent says the 20-time grand slam champion still plans to get back on the tour in 2021.

Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee, his agent says.Roger Federer's agent says the Swiss superstar will not be at Melbourne Park when the Australian Open gets underway on February 8

Tony Godsick — Federer's long-time representative and chief executive of their management company, TEAM8 — said he is working on putting together a 2021 tennis calendar for the 20-time grand slam champion, who plans to get back on tour soon after the year's first major tennis tournament. "I will start discussions this coming week for tournaments that begin in late February and then start to build a schedule for the rest of the year."

He later had a second procedure on that knee and wound up missing the rest of the pandemic-altered season.Until this knee issue, Federer only had his career interrupted once by an operation — on his left knee in 2016.

 

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