Roger Federer's decision to give clay court season a miss was a 'no-brainer' says John McEnroe who also feels that Novak Djokovic will enjoy a deep run at the Wimbledon championhips. Defending champion Federer (36) will be eyeing his ninth title at Wimbledon, where he begins his campaign against Dusan Lajovic.

Federer missed the clay season for the second consecutive year to rest his body ahead of Wimbledon. "As far as Roger (is concerned), he didn't play the clay court season last year and he won Wimbledon. To me it was probably a bit of a no-brainer that he was going to do the same thing. Why would (he) be doing something different and take a risk? It worked so well," McEnroe,told reporters late last night from the United States.