Wimbledon 2010: the departure of Roger Federer
The seeded number one Roger Federer enclosed his facial expressions by making use of his hands after his unexpected grass court Grand Slam departure yesterday.
Moreover even more astonishing is the fact that this defeat came in one of his dearest Grand Slam events that he previously dominated for a longer period of time. However, after all the conquests, trophies as well as tournaments, the big man now must tackle his recent streak. The holder of a total of sixteen Grand Slam trophies, the one extensively reckoned the greatest ever athlete in the history of world tennis, has knocked down in his last two quarterfinal encounters of a Grand Slam event in a row. Startling news is that it all happened within a period of a single month against players who have still to grasp a single such title.
Federer in his thoughts came at the All England Club aspiring to make his way into the finals for the eighth consecutive year and thus succeed in a record-tying seventh trophy. However, the reality of the day is that the man exits even prior to the semi final clash. The number twelve tennis star from Czech Republic, Tomas Berdych defeated him on Wednesday’s quarter final clash with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 match set.
Earlier this month, Federer fell down in the quarter final match of another Grand Slam Tournament in spite of the fact that he was aiming to defend his last year title. With that, his unprecedented twenty three Grand Slam semi’s appearances in a row also ended.
“d**n, I can not anticipate for next year’s Wimbledon and Paris beyond any measure of speculations for sure, as they have been infuriating championships for me, in spite of the fact that it was not that worse. Reaching the quarter stages isn’t a poor performance by any means”, said the tennis master Roger Federer as if attempting to persuade himself as well as the crowd.
“Undoubtedly, many views that quarters is appalling, but many would even wish to contest in the quarterfinal rounds of a Grand Slam event”, Federer added during his news conference after the match at the All England Club.
“It is definitely not familiar of my performances over the last few years and so I am not much acquainted to falling down in a major quarter final” said Federer.
In actuality, Federer played a total of eighteen Grand Slam finals out of the nineteen one’s in a period stretching over five years, from 2005 to 2010. His potency at Wimbledon is even far more prominent. Prior to yesterday’s game, the big man was 51-1 at the championship since the beginning of 2003 version.
Roger also held his previous health problems as somehow responsible and thus played the part in his quality of game during this tournament.
“ I was un able to fight the manner I desired to”, said Roger, whose loss certifies that he will slump to number three spot in the world’s ranking soon. This would happen to the big man for the first time in his tennis career since 2003.
Federer’s focus seemed lost during his quarter final match meaning that he is not playing comfortably his natural game at the moment for sure. Somehow, his age along with injury issues have affected his tennis over the last few months for sure.
The health problems for Roger Federer started during his grass court Halle championship where he was fallen down by Llyeton Hewit in their final encounter. Prior to that clash, Roger had triumphed in seventy six of his last seventy seven matches on grass courts. With yesterday’s defeat, the big man has now defeated in last two of his six clashes.
With the tragic exit of the tennis master at Wimbledon 2010, the question now is that who is going to win this year’s Wimbledon edition when the seeded number one player Roger Federer has already left the All England Club after falling down in the quarterfinals?
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