Roger Federer will not play at Wimbledon in 2022. His rehab has been slower than expected but a return to competitive tennis is possible in the fall.

According to Blick, Federer will hit some balls with his wife Mirka soon. He is yet to have any sessions with his fitness coach Pierre Paganini but he is slowly strengthening his knees and legs. 

Roger Federer reached the quarterfinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. He underwent his second knee surgery thereafter and was in crutches for some time. While Federer was away from the court, Rafael Nadal eclipsed his record of 20 grand slams when he won the Australian Open earlier this year.

Federer has said that he would like to play doubles with Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup, which is scheduled for 23–25 September 2022. Given Federer’s comeback timeline, Fedal doubles match looks likely to happen.

Sergiy Stakhovsky will join the Ukrainian reserve army to fight for his country. Stakhovsky was once ranked as hig as world number 31 and defeated Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2013. He retired from tennis after the Australian Open early this year.

Stakhovsky will leave his wife and children in Hungary while he joins the army. Speaking of decision to join the reserve army, Stakhovsky said:

I know how to use the gun, I pretty much hope that I will not have to use the gun, but if I have to, I’ll have to.

While several tennis players have posted ant-war messages on social media, Stakhovsky is the first well-known tennis player to join the army to fight the Russian invasion.

Stakhovsky said that he received messages of support from Novak Djokovic but Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal haven’t responded to his messages.