Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer, retrieves his psychological advantage – Tennis News
Roger Federer inched one step closer to his destiny of becoming World No.1 by forcing Briton No.1, Andy Murray, to decline one rank lower to him and attaining World No.3 spot. Federer rose to number three by winning his seventh
Barclays ATP Tour Final triumph in his 100th final match of his legendry career.
He thrashed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the finals to reclaim his World No.3 place from Andy Murray, who stole it from him after clinching the Shanghai Open title in October. Federer’s triumph against Tsonga recorded his 17th
consecutive win after losing from World No.1, Novak Djokovic, in the US Open Grand Slam match. He won titles in Paris and Basel on his route to year-end finale and sealed the year with three consecutive titles.
Roger Federer surpassed another record with his seventh title win at London O2 Arena on Sunday November 27th. He ran clear of legenadry Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras in overall year-end titles tally and is most probably
to retain this place for another decade because there is no one near to that figure at the moment.
Swiss Maestro was losing his touch in the midst of this season as he lost close encounters to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinal of Wimbledon and semi-final of US Open respectively. In an interview after
his triumph in London, he mentioned “I think it's a mental thing, yes. Not only. Sometimes it's also the player playing better than you. Jo played better than me at Wimbledon. Maybe it’s not much, but enough just to come through. Same happened against as Rafael
Nadal at the French Open in the final, Novak in the semis of the US Open. It's fine to respect that. But I feel when it happens that often, I do have to question myself that maybe I did something wrong.”
Sixteen times Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer, further added that he had a bit of doubt about his health during October so he apologized for not participating in Shanghai Open as he wanted to be fit and at his best whenever
he crashes at the court. He proved it as he maintained an emphatic 17 match unbeaten record after taking a break of almost 6 weeks.
Roger Federer is back to his best running form and is looking as threatening as he was during his 287 weeks World No.1 reign. He seems to have regained the momentum and is looking completely fit. Djokovic will have the severe competition
next year from Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer and it will require him to portray majestic performances to stay World No.1 in 2012.
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