Why Roger Federer Will Win a Grand Slam Tournament in 2015

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Published: January 7, 2015

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At 33 years old, world number two Roger Federer is playing better than most could have expected at this stage of his career. A 17-time Grand Slam winner already, Federer will continue to defy the odds and contend for Majors in 2015.

Fed’s 2014 season showed the ATP’s most accomplished player of all-time still has plenty left in the tank. After a disappointing 2013 outing in which he won only once, at Germany’s Halle Open, Federer rebounded with five singles titles in 2014 and a near-career high $9.34 million in prize money.

Though he fell short of a Grand Slam for the second straight year, Fed’s five ATP wins last season were tied for his second-most in a season since 2008, and his prize money was second only to a 2007 campaign that brought in $10.13 million.

With all that’s going right for the Swiss maestro in his own game, perhaps the struggles of his competition and the ATP’s search for an identity outside of the Big Four will be Federer’s greatest advantages this season.

While 2014 seemed to hint at the end of the Big Four era as we know it, with Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic grabbing two of the season’s four Grand Slams, it failed to produce a consistent challenger. “The Field,” as I’ve referred to players not named Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Murray, certainly made some waves this past season, but remain an underdog to the Big Four—at least through 2015.

But upcoming players, like Cilic and world number five Kei Nishikori, do deserve respect as potential challengers to the Swiss maestro.

Though Federer owns an all-time 5-1 record against Cilic, he was dominated by the 26-year-old Croatian in the 2014 U.S. Open semifinals, losing in straight sets to the eventual tournament champion. A lingering shoulder injury has Cilic on the brink of withdrawing from this month’s Australian Open and reduces his chances of upset...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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