Roger Federer is ruling the roost
He’s considered the GOAT regardless of surface, but grass is special to Roger Federer – and vice versa! The now World No. 5 won his 18th Major this year at the Australian Open and looked completely unstoppable there – despite the fact that hard-court is by no means his favourite surface. The Swiss ace is into Week 2 at Wimbledon for the 15th time – and it was 14 years ago that he won his first title here.
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Federer comes into Wimbledon a 7-time champion looking to break a record he shares with fellow icons Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, and with him already having broken his own all-time Major record, that doesn’t seem like much of a stretch.
He is also coming into Wimbledon on the back of a ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he defeated Alexander Zverev in a 53-minute, straight sets win – especially mammoth considering the kind of form the German wunderkind has been in of late.
Several players have picked Federer as their favourite to win – and indeed, he is considered the bookmakers’ favourite. That speculation and those statistics aren’t without reason, however, with the Swiss ace looking fierce and his backhand gaining quite the force.
Despite a ‘bad cold’ Federer is yet to drop a set at Wimbledon this year and completely outclassed experienced serve-and-volleyer Mischa Zverev in Round 3. Now up against old foe Grigor Dimitrov – described by so many before as ‘Baby Federer’ – the fact remains that the Bulgarian 13th seed has never defeated Federer so far.
Cold or no cold, Federer is clearly the man to beat here at Wimbledon.
