Roger Federer reveals major injury return concern as retirement fears raised

Roger Federer has admitted he is well behind where he wanted to be in recovering from his knee surgery, and will have to wait and see whether he is able to compete in the new year. Federer has had two surgeries on his knee this year.

Federer is still on the road to recovery after a difficult year.

The former world number one has been sidelined since January of this year after he was knocked out of the Australian open by Novak Djokovic.

He was struggling with a groin injury at the time, which he picked up earlier in the tournament.

Federer subsequently withdrew from the Miami Open, the French Open, Indian Wells and the Dubai championship.

He declared he wanted to be back in time for the grass season, but was unable to shake the knee injury he suffered earlier in the year.

As a result, he ended his season early with the idea of concentrating on coming back in 2021.

But speaking at the Swiss Sports Awards, he fuelled speculation he could be forced to call time on his incredible career by providing a worrying update on his recovery.

Federer, 39, said he is worried that it’ll be a race against time to be ready to compete in Melbourne in January.