The world of tennis has always been extremely competitive. Only few players have been able to cope with this pressure and maintain top ranking. Players can have great years and then they suddenly drop in rankings. This is not the case for Rodger Federer.
The man who by many people have described as the best tennis player the world has ever seen has totally dominated world tennis from 2001-2012. For 11 years, Federer was the one above them all and for that he deserves to be considered the best of all times. Never before has anyone been able to stay at the top of the ranking for so long.
The Swiss master was able to hold his No. 1 position for 302 weeks, having a 237 consecutive-week stretch from 2004-2008 avoiding any serious injuries. The living legend has won an all-time high 17 Grand Slams and a ground breaking 77 tournaments in total. Especially the Wimbledon tournament has been a Federer favorite.
Having won the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament seven times, the “Yoda of tennis” as some people like to call him. He earned this nickname due to his intellect on the tennis court and ability to read the game, simply because he is such an incredible player so it looks like he uses telekinesis to control the ball has achieved something that only the legendary Pete Sampras has.
An ironic fact is that the first time Rodger Federer was noticed as an aspiring tennis star was after defeating Sampras himself in Wimbledon 2001. Tennis fans were shocked by this match because no one knew who this long haired 19-year-old Swiss guy was. Soon everyone would know the name Federer and the Swiss marathon would last for more than a decade. As much as we would love to see Federer dominate for another decade, all good things must come to an end, even if you are the greatest tennis player of all time.
We have to realize that Roger’s glory days are over and the now 32-year-old athletes’ career is lacking towards the end. Compared to his previous results, the 2012-2013 season was a complete disaster with no tournament titles and not a single Grand Slam tournament final for the first time since 2002. Even in his favorite tournament, the Wimbledon things went wrong and he lost in the fourth round of the tournament. Right now, Federer is No.6 in the world which is amazing for someone his age but not for Federer.
You could say it is time for Federer to retire, but knowing how much this man loves tennis it is hard to imagine a tennis world without him. There can no doubt that the Swiss tennis king wants to finish his career with one more Grand Slam tournament win so he will have 18 wins in total. This would make sure his record will be even harder to reach for his rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The best of them all is slowly falling off but he is not going down without a fight.
