What Roger Federer’s Loss to Milos Raonic Means for US Open 2016

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Published: July 8, 2016

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Roger Federer is a 17-time Grand Slam winner and one of the best tennis players in the history of the sport, but the 34-year-old's loss Friday to Milos Raonic at Wimbledon is another sign his brilliant prime is likely behind him. 

The sixth-seeded Canadian won the final two sets to earn a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win. Raonic is headed to his first Grand Slam final, where he will take on either Andy Murray or Tomas Berdych. 

Federer is still without a championship during the 2016 season, and it is fair to wonder if age and health have finally caught up to the legend.

Aging in professional sports is concerning enough, but injuries have also hindered Federer’s ability to compete at the elite level fans have grown accustomed to seeing from him.

He withdrew from the French Open, and Charlotte Wilder of USA Today’s For the Win noted it was the first time he sat out a Grand Slam since 1999.

Wilder also wrote Federer “didn’t specify what injury it was that made him decide not to play at Roland Garros, saying instead that he just wasn’t physically at 100 percent. He also said that he felt as though participating would pose an ‘unnecessary risk’ for the rest of his season.”

What’s more, Federer’s back forced him to pull out of the Madrid Open, and the Press Association (h/t the Daily Mail) provided a list of his physical setbacks this year. Federer required surgery in February for a knee injury that sidelined him for about two months, and he became ill right before he was about to come back for the Miami Open. 

He finally returned at the Monte Carlo Masters but lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals. 

While Federer has been a shell of himself this year, he does have a tendency to play at his best on the U.S. Open stage. He reached the final last year (where he lost to Nov...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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