After spending a few days practicing on clay courts in Switzerland, a healthy and well-rested Roger Federer settled on his upcoming schedule: He will bypass the French Open and turn his focus to Wimbledon, then the U.S. Open. "It was a tough decision to take, because he likes to play the French Open, likes to play the big tournaments," Severin Luthi, who coaches Federer, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Monday. It's an investment in his career — for this season and for the coming seasons." It's the second year in a row that Federer pulled out of the French Open, where main-draw play begins in Paris on May 28. We could take the decision out of a position of strength," Luthi said about pulling out of the French Open.

Source: The China Post May 15, 2017 21:00 UTC