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		</div><p>Roger Federer&#8217;s record streak of 65 consecutive grand slam appearances could be at risk with the world number two struggling to overcome a back problem ahead of the French Open.</p>
<p>After pulling out of last week&#8217;s Madrid Open, Federer decided to play in Rome but was clearly not 100 per cent in a 7-6 (7/2) 6-4 loss to Dominic Thiem in the third round.</p>
<p>With the year&#8217;s second grand slam starting in 10 days, Federer is hopeful he will have enough time to recover.</p>
<p>It has been a rough year for the 34-year-old, who needed knee surgery in February after suffering a freak injury and then pulled out of his proposed comeback tournament in Miami through illness.</p>
<p>Federer told a press conference in Rome: &#8220;The next 10, 12 days are really going to be important for me to recover, and then make a plan.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m confident and hopeful at the same time. I have only played five matches in the last four months now, so clearly I don&#8217;t want to get too overly excited about what&#8217;s ahead, but at the same time I&#8217;m a positive thinker and I believe that I&#8217;m going to recover.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hopefully, the next 10 days are going to be easier and I can practise really well.</p>
<p>&#8220;Clearly, the way I&#8217;m playing right now is never going to be enough for any good run in Paris, and then I also wouldn&#8217;t play this way. I&#8217;m still confident I will be fine somehow.&#8221;</p>
<p>Federer has not missed a grand slam tournament since failing to qualify for the US Open in 1999.</p>
<p>He won the French Open for the only time in 2009 but has failed to make it past the quarter-finals since 2012.</p>
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