8月16日，瑞士网球名将费德勒在个人社交媒体上宣布，由于要进行膝盖手术，他将缺席美网和之后几个月的比赛。

On August 16, Swiss tennis player Federer announced on his personal social media that he would miss the US Open and the next few months due to knee surgery.

费德勒在声明中说：“我又对膝盖做了很多次检查，所有信息显示，在草地赛季和温网之后，我的膝伤又加剧了，事情的发展并不顺利，不幸的是他们告诉我，为了中长期考虑，我需要再进行一次手术，我也决定要这么做。”

Federer said in a statement: "I have checked my knee many times. All the information shows that after the grass season and Wimbledon, my knee injury has intensified, and the development of things is not smooth. Unfortunately, they told me that for medium and long-term consideration, I need another operation, and I also decided to do so."

费德勒说：“我需要拄拐杖几周时间，也要缺席赛场好几个月，在某种程度上这会很难，但我知道这是正确的选择，因为我想要变得健康，想要继续在自由跑动，我想再给自己一线希望，然后以某种形式再次回来。”

Federer said: "I need to be on crutches for a few weeks and absent from the game for several months. To some extent, it will be difficult, but I know it is the right choice, because I want to be healthy and continue to run freely. I want to give myself a glimmer of hope and come back in some form."

费德勒表示：“我很现实，大家不要误会我的意思，我知道这个年龄再做一次手术有多么困难，但我想要健康，我会进行这个康复的疗程，我想只要还是现役身份，我就仍然会有一个目标，我认为这会在相当长时间里对我有所帮助。”

Federer said: "I am very realistic. Don't misunderstand me. I know how difficult it is to have another operation at this age, but I want to be healthy. I will have this rehabilitation course. I think as long as I am still in active service, I will still have a goal. I think it will help me for a long time."

刚刚过完40岁生日的费德勒是男子网坛历史上最伟大的球星之一，已拥有20个大满贯冠军。不过近几年，费德勒备受伤病困扰。

Federer, who has just celebrated his 40th birthday, is one of the greatest stars in men's tennis history and has won 20 Grand Slam titles. But in recent years, Federer has been plagued by injuries.

费德勒在去年澳网半决赛负于德约科维奇后，接受了膝盖手术，一度长时间缺席比赛。他原本计划在去年6月的草地赛季复出，但受到疫情影响，费德勒的复出计划并未实施。他也在去年6月宣布提前结束自己的2020赛季，此后他的膝盖接受了二次手术。

Federer suffered knee surgery after losing to Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-final last year and was absent from the game for a long time. He originally planned to return to the grass season last June, but Federer's return plan was not implemented due to the epidemic. He also announced the early end of his 2020 season in June last year, after which he underwent secondary surgery on his knee.

本赛季复出后，费德勒的状态远不如巅峰时期。在温网男单正赛1/4决赛中，作为赛会6号种子的费德勒被赛会14号种子胡尔卡奇横扫，生涯第4次止步温网男单正赛8强。

After his return this season, Federer's state is far from that of his peak. In the quarter final of Wimbledon men's singles, Federer, as the No. 6 seed, was swept by hulkaci, the No. 14 seed, and stopped in the top 8 of Wimbledon men's singles for the fourth time in his career.

不过即使是反复遭遇膝盖伤势，并且赛季断断续续，他依然选择坚持在网坛征战，这对于喜欢他的球迷来说自然是一个好消息，但是可能会有人提出疑问，在男子网坛到达30岁以上已经算高龄球员的情况下，为什么已经40岁的费德勒依然坚持征战。

However, even if he has suffered knee injuries repeatedly and the season is intermittent, he still chooses to insist on playing in tennis, which is naturally good news for fans who like him. However, some people may ask why Federer, who is already 40, still insists on playing in men's tennis when he is over 30.

其实这个问题早就已经被提出来，而且众说纷纭。

In fact, this issue has long been raised, and there are different opinions.

纳达尔的教练弗朗西斯垫罗伊格就曾经在接受采访时表示，“如果纳达尔已停止征战，费德勒或早就退役了。”言外之意可能是，费德勒之所以在巡回赛里和九零后乃至零零后一起混战，是因为纳达尔的存在。换句话说，费德勒不想自己的成就被纳达尔超越。

"If Nadal had stopped playing, Federer might have retired long ago," Nadal's coach Francis deloigg said in an interview The implication may be that Federer's scuffle with post-90s and even post-90s on the tour is due to the existence of Nadal. In other words, Federer doesn't want his achievements to be surpassed by Nadal.

而德约的父亲经常在采访中放出豪言，他也曾在采访时表示：费德勒为什么到40岁仍不敢退役，因为他无法接受被拉法和诺瓦克比他更好的事实。

Deyo's father often makes bold remarks in the interview. He also said in the interview: why Federer still dare not retire at the age of 40, because he can't accept the fact that Rafa and Novak are better than him.

虽然这话说得有点夸张，但是费德勒之所以一直坚持在场上，应该也是想在成绩上保持优势，至少不被纳达尔和德约科维奇那么快迎头赶上。虽然依照现在三人的大满贯数量是一样20个，而且按照德约科维奇的势头，说不定将要率先超过费德勒的大满贯数量，而且从全方位挑战费德勒GOAT的地位。

Although this is a bit exaggerated, the reason why Federer has always insisted on the court should also want to maintain an advantage in results, at least not to be caught up by Nadal and Djokovic so quickly. Although the number of grand slams of the three is the same 20, and according to Djokovic's momentum, he may take the lead in surpassing Federer's number of Grand Slams and challenge Federer's goat status in an all-round way.

另一方面，虽然三巨头竞争激烈，但是目前网坛的后辈，其实整体实力还不足以对三巨头的地位产生持续的挑战，在本赛季复出之后，依靠全面的技术和赛程的统筹安排，费德勒在法网和温网依然能够晋级多轮，说明目前他依然能够在网坛保有竞争力，为何要轻言放弃呢。

On the other hand, although the competition among the big three is fierce, the overall strength of the younger generation in the tennis world is not enough to pose a continuous challenge to the status of the big three. After his comeback this season, relying on comprehensive technology and overall arrangement of the schedule, Federer can still advance to multiple rounds in the French Open and Wimbledon, indicating that he can still maintain competitiveness in the tennis world, Why give up.

而且还有一个非常重要的原因，就是费德勒的商业价值，显然需要他作为现役球员，才能够得到充分的体现。

And there is also a very important reason that Federer's commercial value obviously needs him as an active player to be fully reflected.

费德勒的成绩、球风和他为人处世的风格，使他赢得了许多球迷和赞助商的喜爱，也让他成为近20年来最具商业价值的运动员之一。

Federer's achievements, style and his style of life have won him the love of many fans and sponsors, and made him one of the most commercially valuable athletes in the past 20 years.

依靠商业代言，他的职业生涯收入成功突破10亿美元大关，成为第一位达此成就的网球运动员。纵观世界体坛，也只有老虎伍兹、拳王梅威瑟、詹姆斯、C罗和梅西这五位运动员达到了这一数字。

Relying on commercial endorsement, his career income successfully exceeded the $1 billion mark and became the first tennis player to achieve this achievement. Throughout the world of sports, only Tiger Woods, boxing champion Mayweather, James, Ronaldo and Messi have reached this figure.

由于大部分时间都在养伤，费德勒去年的比赛奖金仅仅只有4.6万美元，但其总收入仍然达到了8400万美元，位列Sportico发布的全球收入Top 100运动员第七位。8400万美元的传统代言收入则在所有运动员中排名第一，遥遥领先于德约科维奇(2900万美元)和纳达尔(2300万美元)。

Because he spent most of his time recovering from injury, Federer's competition bonus last year was only $46000, but his total income still reached $84 million, ranking seventh among the top 100 athletes in the world released by sportico. The traditional endorsement revenue of US $84 million ranked first among all athletes, far ahead of Djokovic (US $29 million) and Nadal (US $23 million).

在和耐克合作20年后，双方于2018年分道扬镳。费德勒转而与日本服装品牌优衣库签订了一份10年3亿美元的大合同，合约的期限和条款引起了人们的极大关注，要知道签约时费德勒已年近37岁，这是一个对于大多数网球运动员来说都应该退役的年龄。

After 20 years of cooperation with Nike, the two sides parted ways in 2018. Federer instead signed a 10-year $300 million contract with UNIQLO, a Japanese clothing brand. The term and terms of the contract have attracted great attention. Federer was nearly 37 years old when he signed the contract, which is an age that most tennis players should retire.

今年8月年满40岁的费德勒对于品牌依然充满吸引力，并且丝毫没有表现出任何放缓的迹象，他的最新合作伙伴是瑞士国家旅游局，刚刚与演员罗伯特·德尼罗共同为其拍摄了宣传片。

Federer, who turned 40 in August this year, is still attractive to the brand and shows no sign of slowing down. His latest partner is the Swiss National Tourism Administration, which has just made a promotional film with actor Robert De Niro.

在这样的情况下，费德勒如何能轻言放弃。

Under such circumstances, how can Federer give up easily.

不过他也承认会考虑退役后的计划，在之前的采访中，他就说到，“我想去看NBA、NHL、NFL的总冠军赛，和我孩子去参观世界上最美丽的公园，学习吹萨克斯，滑雪，潜水，一切都越来越近了。”

However, he also admitted that he would consider his plan after retirement. In a previous interview, he said, "I want to see the NBA, NHL and NFL championship, visit the most beautiful park in the world with my children, learn to play saxophone, ski and dive. Everything is getting closer and closer."