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Mailbag: Should Federer Be Criticized for His French Open Withdrawal?

It is Mailbag Day from the friendly confines of Roland Garros…Last week, most of the questions were not about tennis, but, rather, Naomi Osaka. This week: Roger Federer and his self-imposed exile…..

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I am sure that you will have all angles covered, but there is a big difference between withdrawing due to injury and doing so because you want to preserve your body to play on a more favorable surface. Before Roland Garros, Federer even stated "The season starts for me on grass." If that was the case, then why enter Roland Garros?