Roger Federer Will Put Wimbledon Struggles Behind Him at US Open

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Published: August 22, 2013

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For the first time in nearly a decade, Roger Federer will enter a Grand Slam tournament after failing to reach the quarterfinals in the previous Slam when he meets his first opponent at the 2013 U.S. Open. 

You have to go all the way back to the 2004 French Open to find a Slam that saw a Federer-less quarterfinals round. He was eliminated in straight sets by Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten in the third round back then. 

How did the living legend respond? By winning his second title at Wimbledon, of course. 

This year, he'll face a similar challenge after being bounced in the second round at Wimbledon by Sergiy Stakhovsky. Federer lost in a grueling four-set match that went to a tiebreak in three of the four sets.  

While it's a little unrealistic to expect him to respond in similar fashion at Flushing Meadows this year, it's completely reasonable to believe we'll see the 32-year-old back in the quarterfinals in the year's final Slam. 



On the surface, it's easy to see why you might doubt that prediction. It's not as though Federer's struggles appeared out of nowhere at Wimbledon and quickly disappeared. He is just 32-11 overall this season and has just one semifinals appearance in a Slam to his name—at the Australian Open. 

Since the loss to Stakhovsky, he's entered three tournaments and made the semifinals in just one. 

However, that doesn't tell the whole story. Federer still has a run at U.S. Open left in him. 



It's true he's been to just one semifinal in the three tournaments he's played in lately, but just one of those—the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio—was played on the same hard surface he'll see in New York.

In that tournament, Federer's form was as close to vintage FedEx as we've seen recently. Going back to his old racket after struggling in two to...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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