Federer will be 35 in August. Most players his age have retired, but he is still ranked three in the world and believes he can win another Wimbledon.
It’s not simply his record that makes Federer the greatest, it’s the way he plays. Only once in a blue moon does somebody come along who transcends their sport, elevating it into a thing of beauty: Lionel Messi in football, Muhammad Ali in boxing, Ronnie O’Sullivanin snooker, and Federer. There’s the spirit with which he plays, and the elegance – the single-handed backhand, the driving forehand .Federer can match today’s baseline bullies, but he can also mix it up with the serve and volley that used to dominate the men’s game. His appearance is every bit as stylish.
For all the achievements of Nadal, Djokovic and Murray, no player is loved quite like Federer. In a famous essay for the New York Times, the novelist David Foster Wallacewrote that watching him play was akin to a religious experience. And in 25 years of interviewing as an interviewer puts it , I have never had such a swooning reaction from friends and colleagues when I’ve told them who I’m meeting – young and old, men and women, Federer crushes know no bounds. One penny-pinching manager suggests he comes along to carry my bag. People give me hats, balls and books for signing. By the time we meet, I feel more like a merchandiser than a journalist. Even my mother warns me: “Whatever you do, don’t fall out with Roger.”
Yes he is just such a great man and everytime I watch him play its just a feeling of being in a different world and I wish to see him win an other Wimbledon at this age .
And if I get a chance to watch this graceful man live on court just once in my lifetime and have a small chat and a picture, I bet I will be the happiest girl in the world and no one else can be because he is truly the greatest of all legends -ROGER FEDERER, The greatest
MARIA RONY
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