That Explains a Lot
Roger Federer has had mono since December – and didn’t know it until February. So the food poisoning prior to the Australian Open wasn’t even his biggest problem.
It’s amazing to realize that Roger got to the semifinals of a Grand Slam while fighting mono, on top of having lost weight and strength due to the food poisoning. Wow.
Anyone who watched the semi could see that Fed wasn’t moving well, although the commentators tried to say it was Djokovic’s aggression making Roger look slow. (Djokovic himself got beaten by low-ranked Gilles Simon in his next event when fighting a slight flu.)
Fed had a tough comeback, forced to play Andy Murray in the first round without being in match shape. Hard loss to take, but now that he’s better, I’m sure he’ll be back to form soon.