Originally Posted by Jaccobabe:
“Very sad about Roger, and he will also drop out of the top 10 for the first timke since forever, and miss the chance for Connors' record (even if he has PR right?)
I'm feeling a bit more optimistic when he says he does this to focus on "a few" good additional years on the tour. I think we can see him until end of 2018 at least. Maybe there is a small chance he could compete in Tokyo as well.”
I don't know, this time I do feel like he will come back, I'm not sure he will accept that ending to his great tennis story. Of course you never know, but if he can give it one more shot, he will. I feel he loves the sport so much, other guys who retire when they get an injury are already quite jaded with the tour.
I don't think that fall in the fifth set vs Milos helped at all, it's bloody annoying as he should have been in the locker room at that point. But he said he's never had a fall like it and obviously on an already dodgy knee, well it cannot have helped.
Apparently Swiss journos were talking about him having had fluid removed from his knee before the announcement came.