"That would be tough for tennis": Federer calls potential of Nadal missing Roland Garros 'brutal'

Roger Federer sent a message to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic just before the French Open.

The Swiss is currently in the United States where he recently participated in the Met Gala as co-host and attended the Miami Grand Prix, where he closely followed the races. Federer was interviewed during the F1 event about the situation of Nadal and Djokovic just before the French Open.

Nadal is still dealing with his injury and it is unknown if he will participate in the French Open, as he has not played on clay this year and recently confirmed that he will not be playing in the Internazionali BNL d’Italy Rome. Regarding a possible absence of the Spaniard, Federer said:

"It would be brutal. That would be tough for tennis if Rafa wasn’t gonna be there,"

"I saw he pulled out of Rome so I wish him the best and then obviously Novak also hasn’t played that much so I hope he is going to be strong as well," Federer added.