Roger Federer’s coach Severin Luthi says the Swiss star is ‘doing well’ after his operation on his knee last month.
In February, Federer had an operation on his right knee for an issue that had been bothering him ‘for a while’.
The 38-year-old was planning to return in June but those plans were scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic suspending the season.
In June, when Federer would have been expected to be at least practising, Luthi revealed the 20-time Grand Slam champion’s recovery was ‘not going as well as we expected’.
And days later Federer announced he had ‘ an additional quick arthroscopic procedure’.
JUST IN: Could Roger Federer follow his idol Michael Jordan and turn 2021 into his own ‘Last Dance’
Federer confirmed he would not play again this season and set his sights on being back at the start of 2021.
Speaking on Swiss TV channel SRF, Luthi was asked about Federer’s recovery and gave a positive update.
Luthi said: “Roger is doing well. Rehabilitation has gone according to plan after the 2nd surgery.
“No big intensity until know, he will start a physical fitness block with Pierre Paganini shortly.”
LATEST LIVE SPORT TV DEALS
Meanwhile, Frances Tiafoe has become the latest tennis player to test positive for coronavirus.
Last week, Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki all returned positive tests following their participation in the Adria Tour.
On Friday, Tiafoe competed in the All-American Team Cup exhibition in Atlanta.
After his win over Sam Querrey, the 22-year-old admitted to feeling dizzy during the match.
And on Saturday morning, Tiafoe confirmed the worst when he announced he had tested positive.
“Unfortunately, I tested positive late Friday for Covid-19 and have to withdraw from the All-American Team Cup special event in Atlanta this weekend,” Tiafoe said in a statement.
“Over the past two months, I have been training in Florida and tested negative there as recently as a week ago.
“I am scheduled to have a second test early next week, but have already begun the quarantine protocol as advised by the medical staff here in Atlanta.”
This article contains affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission on any sales of products or services we write about. This article was written completely independently, see more details here
