 Welcome back to tennis talk, my name's Cam Williams and Roger Federer has pulled out of the two big tournaments that lead into the US Open The Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open, both of those Masters 1000 events, big events on the calendar and big lead into the US Open But he's not the only one because some big names have also put out of the Canadian Open next week Let's go have a look at the withdrawal list. So let's start with the WTA, the women's side of things, Ash Barty, the world number one She is not playing the event, Sophia Kennan, she is also not playing, Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka She's also pulled out and Igor Sviontek will also not be featuring in Canada next week Going over to the men's side and there are some massive names from the men Matteo Berettini, the final of Wimbledon, he is not playing the Canadian Open, Karinjo Buster, the bronze medalist of the Olympics He's not playing, Chorich also not playing, Novak Djokovic, the world number one, he's out Of course Roger Federer is out, as we just said before, David Goffin also gone The defending champion of the US Open, Dominic Teem, he's not playing, Milos Rionic is not playing Vavrenko also out and the gold medal of the Olympics, Sasha Zverev has also pulled out of this one So there it is, the big names for both the men and the women, not playing in this one The world number one from both tournaments, Barty and Djokovic not playing for Federer He's also pulled out of Cincinnati, which is happening the week after, which really makes you think Is he going to play the US Open? Because going into the US Open with no preparation, of course He pulled out of the Olympics, lost pretty badly and Wimbledon as well How is Federer going to feel going into the US Open with no preparation? Is he going to risk it? And how bad is that knee? We don't know exactly All we know is that he's pulled out of two big tournaments Leading into the US Open, let me know down in the comments below Is this the beginning or the end for Federer? Do you think he's going to play one more season? Or do you think this might be his last season? Let's hope not Let's hope he plays one more year at least So Roger Federer has pulled out of two of the biggest tournaments leading into the US Open Is he going to play the fourth major of the year?