Is Roger Federer’s Reign Over?

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Published: July 1, 2010

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Roger Federer losing in the Quarterfinals at Wimbledon.  Now there's a proposterous, unprecedented, and even downright silly idea.

Or is it?

Everyone who follows the game closely saw this coming.  I'll let you in on a little secret... I saw it coming too. 

Maybe those crazy, utmost fanatic Roger Federer worshippers—who upon witnessing the Swiss Superstar fall off a cliff would claim he still has four or five Grand Slams left in him—didn't see it coming.  Even if they did they would refuse to admit it, but that's beside the point; everyone saw this coming.

So, is this the beginning of the end for Federer?

There are a few reasons to be inclined to believe just that.

Federer had won six of the last seven Wimbledon Crowns—he lost in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday.  Federer had made it to 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals prior to the French Open where he was ousted by the hard-hitting Swede, Robin Soderling.  In his postmatch interview he pointed out rather blandly that he still had the quarterfinals streak going.  Wednesday's loss to Tomas Berdych put an end to that too. Federer will fall to No. 3 in the world rankings for the first time in nearly seven years come Monday morning.  Federer's postmatch interview Wednesday was more than a bit untasteful, as he seemingly out-of-nowhere dropped a bomb on the media that he was injured the last few months.  Failing to give credit where credit is due is just another sign of how uncomfortable the Swiss is with his current play. Let's face it, he has failed to go deep into the second week at almost all of the tournaments he has played the last few months, Grand Slam or not. He is losing to players he used to routinely wipe the court with, most notably Berdych and Soderling in t...
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