I have always said that Federer will retire before Nadal surpasses him... He has a huge ego and he wouldn't want to see Nadal passing him while he's still on tour. So unfortunately I can't see Federer coming back, he has to pretend that he's planning to be back due to his sponsor deals but he won't. He will probably give the reason that due to the surgery he can't train as much as he wants in order to reach the high level, but in reality the real reason is Nadal becoming the undisputed GOATdal. Still he has had a great career and there's always YouTube. I don't find pleasure in this post but then again after all the years that fedtards have bashed and insulted Nadal and his fans, it's simply justice prevailing...