Federer withdraws from Halle

Four-time champion Federer will not play for a fifth successive title at this year's Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle, Germany. While saying that he doesn't want to risk getting injured, he plans to be back in 2008.

I think this is understandable considering how fatigued he must be after that three-hour epic of a match he had with Nadal at the French Open. But I hope skipping what is traditionally his warm-up event for the grass season will not disrupt his preparations for Wimbledon where he hopes to win for the fifth straight year.