Federer Pulls Out Of Swiss Indoors

　　男子网球世界头号选手费德勒因为在训练中不慎大腿受伤，就此退出了瑞士室内网球赛的比赛。在幼年曾在这项赛事中做球童的费德勒，还从来没有获得过瑞士室内网球赛的冠军。

Roger Federer pulled out of the Swiss Indoors after hurting his left thigh in a practice session Tuesday, while Taylor Dent and Paradorn Srichaphan exited with upset losses.

The top-ranked Federer will need to rest up to two weeks and could miss the Paris Masters and season-ending Tennis Masters Cup, which starts November 17 in Houston. As a kid, Federer was a ball boy at this tournament, which he's never won. "This is a huge disappointment for me, clearly," said Federer, the first man since 1988 to win three Grand Slam titles in a season. "But all I can do is wait again until next year." The man who replaced him in the draw, Bohdan Ulihrach, reached the second round when Luis Horna quit with lower back pain after losing the first set 6-1. Dent was toppled by wild card Ivo Heuberger 6-2, 6-3, while Srichaphan was eliminated by Stefan Koubek 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3. "It was a long match, and he just did better," said Srichaphan, ranked 25th in the world, 67 spots above Koubek. "I won the first set, but after that he turned everything around." Also, French Open champion Gaston Gaudio beat qualifier Dick Norman 7-6 (3), 6-4, fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo edged qualifier Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-4, and Jiri Novak defeated Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-3.