Roger Federer’s Ideal Path to Wimbledon Championship

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Published: June 22, 2013

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Roger Federer will look to become the greatest Wimbledon champion ever at the 2013 installment of the Grand Slam tournament, attempting to eclipse the tie he currently holds with both Pete Sampras and William Renshaw—all three men have seven wins in London. 

Federer, currently the reigning champion after his triumph at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 2012, is coming off two disappointing finishes in the first two Grand Slams of the 2013 season, but he still earned a No. 3 seed in the draw. 

Looking at that draw, it's a good time to lay out an ideal path to the championship for the man who has 17 such Grand Slam wins so far in his storied career. 

Losing in the semifinals at the Australian Open and in the quarters at the French Open, questions are starting to creep up again about the fragility of the 31-year-old's game heading into a tournament he has largely owned since 2003. 

FedEx won five straight Wimbledons from 2003-2007, lost to Rafael Nadal in the finals before he could break the tie with Bjorn Borg for most consecutive Wimbledon wins in 2008, rebounded with a title in 2009 and did the same with another last year. 



The Swiss star will need to be in rare form if he wants to tie Nadal for most wins at a major championship. 

Coming off a win at the Gerry Weber Open, Federer is saying and doing all the right things in preparation for his favorite of the four major championship tournaments:



He took down Tommy Haas and Mikhail Youzhny en route to the title in Halle, but this is Wimbledon—and the draw couldn't be any more difficult for the one player who has the most to gain from taking home the brass. 

FedEx will likely have to beat three of the four best (the other being himself) players in the world to do so. 

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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