10 things that happened the last time Roger Federer missed a Grand Slam
World No. 3 Roger Federer earlier today announced his withdrawal from the French Open, apologizing to fans as he revealed his back injury had not yet healed.
The same injury had earlier necessitated his withdrawal from the bulk of the clay court season – most recently the Mutua Madrid Open, a title that eventually went to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
Federer has struggled with the back injury for a while, having undergone surgery earlier this year. The 17-time Grand Slam winner, at 34 years of age, has been struggling with several injuries of late, most notably this year with both a bad knee and back.
It is likely a prudent decision from the Swiss Maestro, who will want to rest his body ahead of the next Grand Slam – his favoured stomping grounds of Wimbledon.
The Swiss Maestro last missed a Grand Slam in 1999, when he skipped both the year-opening Australian Open and the US Open.
The Nokia 3210 was the world’s top-selling phone
Nokia no longer produces mobile phones, with the Finnish manufacturers bought by Microsoft in 2015. But the 1990s saw the brand almost synonymous with mobile phones, and the Nokia 3210 was arguably the most popular model.
The brand, now defunct, has come to represent durability – and perhaps the most commonly used mobile phones of the last two decades.