"The end of summer, early autumn" - Federer provides update, shuts down Wimbledon hopes

Roger Federer has effectively shut down any lingering hopes of him being able to at Wimbledon in the summer as he gave an honest interview on Saturday.

Speaking to SRF TV, after watching some Alpine skiing, Federer gave an honest response on how things were going and when he could realistically return to tennis. He said:

"It's fine. Much better, obviously, I was on crutches for two months so you have to start from the bottom. It was certainly the right thing to do, the knee wasn't right after Wimbledon (last year), so it couldn't go on. Currently I'm in three parts. First the whole rehab, getting back on your feet at the beginning. Then afterwards learning to walk and building up the whole thing."

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He further said that things were quite optimistic after a very good MRI recently while also shutting down any hopes of returning at Wimbledon:

"It's only now where I'm at the phase where I can start thinking about my comeback. I had a very good MRI a few weeks ago, which makes me feel very positive." "It will certainly be a while. The end of the summer, early autumn, where I'm aiming for a comeback."

His words confirmed what his coach Luthi said a few days ago where he said that Wimbledon was highly unlikely.