5 reasons Roger Federer can win Wimbledon 2017

Beating the NextGen

Federer beat ‘future No. 1’ Alexander Zverev in 53 minutes to win the title in Halle

Much has been said about the ATP’s ‘NextGen’, the title given to the crop of young men’s tennis players who have been Domi-nating the scene, pardon the pun. All between 19 and 23 years of age, these players have already climbed far enough up the rankings to count for top-ranked players themselves. The youngest among them is ‘the’ Alexander ‘Sascha’ Zverev, who has beaten the best at their own game – and at 20-years-old, won his first ATP Masters 1000 level title with a straight sets win over Novak Djokovic last month.

For all of Zverev’s finesse on grass – the youngster has beaten Federer professionally off the surface as well, Federer absolutely decimated the young German – whose idol, incidentally, is Federer himself – in a mere 53-minute final, with Federer taking his 9^th title at Halle 6-1, 6-3.

At 35, he’s been called, among other things, and by a few, ‘too old’ – but Federer hasn’t just kept his expertise – he has adapted to his latest opponents with aplomb. Having already this year declared himself over the old guard, the GOAT has now proved he can handle any rival thrown at him.