Roger Federer does not tire!
The 29-year-old Roger Federer reminded the tennis community of his brilliance and class with his Sunday’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals victory over the world number one Rafael Nadal and insisted he has no plans of retirement in the near future.
The16-time Grand Slam champion who made his debut on the ATP World Tour back in 2002, was in excellent run of form at London's O2 Arena this year, getting the better of Rafael Nadal in three sets in the final after going undefeated throughout the week. The
final match score was 6-3 3-6 6-1.
Battling for his fifth season finale crown on an indoor surface that admittedly supported his game, the former world number one Federer fizzed forehands to all corners of the court on his way to his 66th career title on the tour.
Federer, who is currently ranked number two in the South African Airways ATP list, came into the finals on a supreme form in London. After starting his 2010 campaign on a high note with a title win at the Australian Open back in January, where he got the
better of Andy Murray in the finals, the Swiss couldn’t continue his form in the next couple of months. However, interestingly, the Basel native opened as well as closed the season with two of the game’s biggest trophies on the fourth occasion in his career.
He previously ended his year with wins at the Australian Open and the World Tour Finals back in 2004, 06 and 07.
His three other crowns in 2010 came at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati beating Mardy Fish, the If Stockholm Open, thrashing out Florian Mayer and the Swiss Indoors Basel, dismissing Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
The Swiss Superstar, as a result of these victories, closes 2010 with a win loss mark of 65-13 on the season and will finish in the top two of the South African Airways ATP Rankings on the eighth occasion in a row.
Loss in the final for the world number one Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, brings the curtain down on what has been a stellar year for the Spaniard. The Mallorcan has captured a total of seven single crowns from nine title battles in 2010 with his victories
at the French Open, Wimbledon as well as the United States Open in New York. The left hander closes with a match record of 71-10 on the year.
Rafa will start 2011 as the world’s top ranked player, however, Federer is also exhibiting the kind of form that saw the Spaniard dominate the men’s game for over half a decade.
Since falling down in the quarter-final round of Wimbledon at the hands of Tomas Berdych, the Swiss has triumphed in thirty three of thirty seven clashes, while recent defeats to Novak Djokovic at the United States Open and Gael Monfils in Paris saw Roger
only beaten after he passed up match points.
Already holding a total of sixteen major crowns at the age of twenty nine and ten years behind him, the Fed Express insists he has no intentions of taking things easy. He says that he does not tire of all the exuberance. The Fed express said,
"As long as I can, as long as I am healthy, eager, motivated, which I clearly am, I will continue to play. I have played ten full seasons. Nine of them I made the World Tour Finals, so I have always had long and exhausting seasons. But I seem to enjoy it.
I take pleasure out of travelling the world, playing against the best, challenging myself. So it has been an amazing career for myself,” reflected Federer.
He further added, "At the moment I have no plans at all of stopping, quitting, whatever you want to call it. I hope I can play for many more years to come. It is a goal anyway. I think it is possible."
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