Unsurprising news but disappointing nonetheless.

The biggest thing for him will be to focus on Wimbledon and to make sure he's as fit as possible for that and then the North American hard court season in August and September.

In the best will in the world he was never going to win the French Open so it's perhaps an easier decision for him to make than it would have been if he was due to play at any of the other Grand Slam tournaments.