{"id":21446,"date":"2013-07-26T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T10:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/federers-sore-swiss-open-loss\/"},"modified":"2013-07-26T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T10:17:43","slug":"federers-sore-swiss-open-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/federers-sore-swiss-open-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer\u2019s sore Swiss Open loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roger Federer<\/a>\u00a0has admitted that a back injury contributed to his latest shocking loss, a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Germany\u2019s world number 55\u00a0Daniel Brands<\/a>\u00a0in the Swiss Open second round.<\/p>\n

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Roger Federer\u2019s run of poor form has worsened, with a second round defeat at the Swiss Open. Photo: Carl Court<\/p>\n

Amid suspicions of a recurrence of the problem which has affected him in the past, 31-year-old Federer confirmed that the injury has indeed returned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had serious problems with the back, I had to get some anti-inflammatories last week in Hamburg due to the back pain,\u201d he said, adding that his first US Open build-up event, the Montreal Masters<\/a> from August 5, could now be in doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so tough to play and move out there today. I\u2019ll just have to take treatment and see how it all goes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy back felt OK enough, but not enough to play at 100 percent. I knew coming into the match that it would be a tough one. I didn\u2019t decide to play until after the warm-up, that\u2019s what a close call it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played a decent enough match but I could not get away with the win.\u201d \u2013 AFP<\/a><\/p>\n

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