when was the last time Fed played during one of the Toronto years? I was actually surprised he went to Montreal last year cause he seems not to like doing Rogers and Cincy back to back before USO. which sucks cause it's been so long since they got to make that joke about how Rogers Cup really is Roger's Cup.
I'm 98% sure it's not injury related and he just wants to try and conserve and peak for USO, especially when the faster Cincy courts are more like NY. it may backfire though as he might again find that he doesn't run into much quality competition until the 2nd week USO, and then gets surprised by a huge jump in opponent difficulty.
these Canadian kids gotta hurry up though, cause too often I'm finding myself watching these things without much rooting interest with no Fed. sports is pleasure/pain and I wanna keep feeling it after this era of legends is over.
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