What happens if federer wins wimbledon

He was the first to 20 Grand Slam titles, a mark since equaled by Nadal and perhaps soon to be equaled by Novak Djokovic, and his tally of titles is second only to Jimmy Connors' record of Federer has been written off more times than anyone in his career and, especially after so much success at Wimbledon, it would be surprising if he wanted his last match here to have ended -- only the fifth bagel he has ever suffered in his career.

Given his age, Federer is surely one bad injury away from ending his career, and one day not too far into the future, he will probably wake up and decide that enough is enough. The crowd packed into Centre Court on Wednesday, and those fans who have followed him all over the world for more than two decades, will hope that day is still some time off. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

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San Antonio. San Diego. Tampa Bay. Washington DC. By The Athletic Staff. This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. The year-old defeated the world No 27 Lorenzo Sonego of Italy , , to reach the quarter-finals for the 18th time and although the world No 1, Novak Djokovic, remains a seemingly immovable object blocking his path to a record ninth Wimbledon title, the Swiss is beginning to look ominously good once more.

Just over 20 years after his famous fourth-round win against the then champion Pete Sampras, Federer is still going strong with a th win on the grass of the All England Club in the bag and his title hopes well and truly alive.

But I felt after the first set I controlled things. Eight times the champion here, it should be remembered that what Federer is doing, at the age of 39, is little short of remarkable. Not only is he one month short of his 40th birthday, an age when tennis players are usually long retired, he is back after two knee surgeries in and a rehabilitation that was harder than he anticipated.

Tied with Rafael Nadal on 20 grand slam titles, one clear of Djokovic, should he somehow manage to win the title again, 18 years after his first, it would surely be his biggest achievement of all. In Halle last month he looked short of match practice as he was beaten by Felix Auger-Aliassime, the manner of his defeat more worrying than the loss itself, Federer admitting that he had lost his way, mentally, as the match wore on. Since the escape against Mannarino he has grown in confidence, begun to move far better and looked like the old Federer.

He came to the net 46 times, winning 29 of them and even chipped and charged at times, a novelty in this age of power.