Roger Federer has made it clear that he will not participate in the upcoming Rogers Cup which is going to be played in Montreal. The reason behind Federer’s withdrawal isn’t clear yet.

Federer is going through a tough phase at the moment. He has suffered defeats against some low ranked players off late.

After the Wimbledon championships, the Swiss superstar was supposed to have a bit of break before the start of the hard court season. But, Federer decided to take part in a couple of low profile clay court tournaments much to the surprise of his fans.

Federer’s outing in those two tournaments wasn’t impressive. Although in the German Open, he managed to move into final 4 but, he didn’t look at his best. In the semi final, he lost to an Argentinean player Federico Delbonis who is currently at no. 114 in the world rankings.

The next tournament in which Federer participated was Credit Agricole Suisse Open which was played at Gstaad. He got knocked out from the very first round there. He lost in the straight sets to the German player Daniel Brands.

While playing in those two tournaments, Federer had suffered back pain and it’s been speculated that because of that back trouble, he has decided to withdraw his name from Rogers Cup.

However, Federer himself didn’t specify why he was pulling out of the tournament. The Swiss superstar said, “I will not be able to take part in Rogers Cup and I am really gutted about it. It’s a wonderful tournament and I would love to participate in it next year.”

Federer has won the Rogers Cup a couple of times in his career i.e. in 2004 and 2006. He has also been the runner up once.

Roger Federer has defeated Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in the quarter final of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Federer won the match in the straight sets by 6-2, 6-2.

This was the 21^st time that Davydenko was taking on the Swiss Maestro. Out of the previous 20 matches, Davydenko had lost 18.

In the post match interview, Federer said, “It was overall a very good performance by me. I have been serving well right from the start of this tournament, but, in the last couple of matches, my timing on the return shots wasn’t that good. But, in this match, I timed my return shots well.”

Federer outsmarted Davydenko in the opening set. The Russian player started with a serve hold in the first game, but, after that, Federer just took him apart. With the help of breakthroughs in the 3^rd and the 5^th game, Federer won five games consecutively. Continue reading FEDERER THROUGH TO SEMIS