 What's going on everybody welcome back to another breaking news story and Roger Federer is out of the Australian Open for 2021 He is also out of the ATB Cup all of the warm-up events going into the Australian Open He's not coming to Australia in 2021 now His agent has made this public and this is what he had to say so his agent Tony Godsick has come out and said Roger has decided not to play the 2021 Australian Open He has made strong progress in the last couple of months with his knee and his fitness However, after consultation with his team He decided that the best decision for him in the long run is to return to competitive tennis after the Australian Open He also went on to say I will start discussions this coming week for tournaments that begin in late February And then start to build a schedule for the rest of the year So those are the words of Roger Federer's agent no official word from Roger himself I'm sure we can keep up today with Instagram. I'm sure he's going to bring out a statement from his own words But that's coming from the agent and if the agent is bringing out a statement that's strong saying that Federer is out You've got to go with it. We've got to go with it. So Federer was actually in Dubai He's been I think he spent Christmas there was training in Dubai There's some footage online of him hitting, you know Some sneak footage of him actually training for the Australian Open But you know, he's not playing he's not gonna be playing now He does still have the points from this year's Australian Open protected So he doesn't have to worry about losing all the points from the semi-final this year Because the rankings go back to normal in March and February that's when the Australian Open is so he's not going to lose any points From missing the Australian Open next year. So that's a good thing for Federer But unfortunately for all the tennis fans don't get to see him in Australia We'll probably see him maybe in Dubai at the start of March or maybe even Miami Where he has to defend that title at the end of March remember Indian Wells not being played So Roger Federer out of the Australian Open. Let me know in the comments below Do you think Federer is gonna come back and do anything good or do you think he's maybe over it now? Maybe he's too many injuries too old. Let me know in the comments down below Do you think Federer after maybe skipping the Australian Open can come back stronger with that little bit of extra fitness and a little bit of extra time? So it's official Roger Federer out of the Australian Open for 2021