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The eight-time Wimbledon champion's most recent match was at
last year's Wimbledon, where he fell in the quarterfinals and
afterwards announced that he would be undergoing his third knee
surgery in two years.
"At the moment, I don't envisage him playing Wimbledon," Luthi
told German language newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, according to the
Independent.
"I'm not someone who is saying it's impossible. But I can't
imagine it right now," he said.
"He's still in the rehabilitation phase. Not only do the knee
and leg muscles have to be built up, the whole body has to be
strengthened. It's a full conditioning program."
When Federer announced his decision to have surgery, the
40-year-old 20-time Grand Slam champion acknowledged that a
return to the ATP Tour would be a challenge.
"I want to give myself a glimmer of hope to return to the tour
in some shape or form," Federer said in a video at the time.
"I am realistic, don't get me wrong. I know how difficult it is
at this age to do another surgery and try it, but I want to be
healthy."
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; editing by Jane
Wardell)
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