May 19, 2021
I felt like I got unlucky throughout the process
Back on the lawns of south-west London, Federer, who hasn’t won a title in his chair pads for
sale six tournaments in 2016, is desperately hoping to emerge from his
struggles and emulate his run to Wimbledon final 12 months ago. I don’t want to
say ‘start from zero’, but just reset from there and make another push for
Wimble-don. Federer, tied with Pete Sampras on seven Wimbledon men’s singles
titles, is preparing to make his 18th successive appearance at the grass-court
Grand Slam, but there is now a genuine sense of vulnerability about the
34-year-old as the ravages of time take their toll on his body."I just had to
stop everything by not playing Paris, reset basically, essentially. I got into a
tough spell there. His semi-final loss to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in Halle
was his first defeat to a teenager in 10 years.For the first time in 15 years,
Federer arrives at the All England Club with few pundits expecting the world
number three to leave with the trophy after one of the most troubled seasons of
his glittering career.
Federer, who faces Argentine Guido Pella in the Wimbledon
first round next week, is trying to stay positive, saying: "Look, this back has
won me 88 titles, so I’m okay with that.From the moment he suffered a torn
meniscus in his left knee while turning awkwardly to run a bath for his children
shortly after the Australian Open in January, this has been a year to forget for
Federer.The 17-time Grand Slam champion had surgery on the knee in February but,
when he recovered from that, a back problem kept him out of the recent French
Open, which ended his record run of 65 consecutive appearances in Grand Slam
tournaments.â€Federer played grass-court events in Stuttgart and Halle earlier
this month in a bid to prove his fitness, but although he was happy with how his
body responded, the results were a further dent to his morale.â€.Roger Federer
admits Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are clear favourites for the Wimbledon
title as the Swiss star tries to salvage an injury-plagued year by winning his
favourite tournament for a record eighth time."I was very, very sad, just
because I thought I was going to be lucky not having to do surgery in my
career,†Federer told reporters on Saturday."I just got really disappointed
about it because that’s when I really understood what the road was going to look
like. "I felt like I got unlucky throughout the process with hurting my back
again before Madrid, getting sick in Miami
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