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French Open: Federer withdraws from French Open

Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open to protect his body.

Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open to protect his body, despite reaching the fourth round.

The 39-year-old Swiss, who will now be targeting a record 21st Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, withdrew from Roland Garros on Sunday, after winning a tough 3-round match against Dominik Koepfer.

The Swiss Maestro, who has hardly played in the last 17 months, because of a knee injury, decided to save himself for the grass-court season, and Wimbledon in particular.

Meanwhile, in Paris, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas cruised past Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-3, 6-2 and 7-5 to advance to the Roland Garros quarter-finals.

The world no.5, who reached the semi-finals last year, needed only two hours and six minutes to set up a challenge against Daniil Medvedev in the quarter-finals.

Medvedev also marched into the last eight with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 and 7-5 win over Cristian Garin of Chile.

The Russian remains hopeful to claim the world no. 1 spot, if he makes the final in Paris and Novak Djokovic loses before the championship match.