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Roger Federer, 19-1 this season with a Grand Slam title, has decided to skip the French Open in Paris so he can prepare for a run at Wimbledon in July and then on hard courts the rest of the summer.
Federer, age 35, said in a statement that his decision to miss the tournament was about longevity. He had yet to play a clay court event leading up to the tournament and had no plan to do so, in order to recover from an intense start to…