Germany’s Tommy Haas has been forced to pull out of his fourth-round Wimbledon singles match against Roger Federer because of a stomach injury.
The news comes as bad news to anyone who backed Haas with the bookies as some shrewd tennis experts fancied the 13th seed to cause Roger Federer problems in the third round match that was scheduled for Centre Court.
Federer will now earn a bye into the quarter-finals. The Swiss now faces 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero or Janko Tipsarevic in the last eight. Juan Carlos Ferrero is a -155 odds favorite in the match against Tipsarevic at Sportsbook.com.
Haas suffered the torn muscle in his third-round win over Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov.
This was the first tournament appearance for Haas since retiring in the opening round of the Masters Series event in Rome in May with a shoulder injury.
"I wish I could have been on Centre Court but it's not to be. The way I was playing I think I'm one of the guys who could have been dangerous for Roger. It would have been a nice opportunity,” said Haas.
"I'm just going to go home now and get this thing under control. I will follow the rest of the tournament on TV.
The 29-year-old has been plagued by injury problems, missing Wimbledon in 2002 and the whole of 2003 with shoulder injuries.
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Nicolas Kiefer +300
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Jonas Bjorkman -300
Wayne Arthurs +200
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