For two years, the existance of the Swiss Roger Federer on the tennis courts has become increasingly rare. If Federer wants to be reassuring about his state of health and his determination to return to the highest level, his physical problems and multiple packages since the spring of 2020 raise the hypothesis of a possible end of career.
Back on the last difficult months of the player with 20 Grand Slam titles.
The 2019 Wimbledon
In the summer of 2019, Federer produced one of the best matches of his career. Defeating Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon semi-finals, he qualified for his 31st final in a Grand Slam tournament. An anthology match that marks the history of tennis.
The Swiss, in search of his 9th title in London, battle fiercely against a Novak Djokovic in great shape. The two legends face each other for nearly 5 hours, offering a spectacle of unparalleled quality on Center Court.
If he ends up losing after a super tie-break against the world number 1, Federer becomes at 37 years old the second oldest player of the Open era to play in the final of a Major behind Ken Rosewall. Above all, the Helvetian shows that he still has the legs and the determination to win a 21st Grand Slam title.
The 2020 Australian Open
After a satisfactory season in 2019, with four ATP titles on the clock, Federer shows his ambition for 2020: to win a new Grand Slam title. But a little diminished, he walks on a wire during the Australian Open.
Federer went close to elimination in the knockout stages and in the quarter-finals, facing John Millman and then Tennys Sandgren.
The 2021 Roland Garros
Lacking matches on land and with the grass season approaching, Federer decides to withdraw from Roland-Garros in the middle of a tournament.
The 2021 Masters 1000
Anxious to preserve his health, Federer will once again put his career on hold to try to come back to the fore, but knows that the task promises to be complicated when he has just celebrated his 40th birthday.
His injuries are more and more restrictive, as he confided to Swiss daily Blick in, mid-August, after stated at the Masters 1000 in Toronto and Cincinnati.
This new blow raises questions about the end of Federer’s future, which began 23 years ago. A prospect that the man with 20 Grand Slam titles does not mention, for the moment.
