How drunk is Roger Federer right now?
Hear that? The sound of a glass tapping along the counter, sorrows being washed away by that poison in liquor form. Or maybe it's just the resounding thud of Roger Federer's heart.
Few words can explain what happened tonight.
This would be like watching Tom Brady 8 years from now, struggling to maintain more TD's than interceptions. He's at that age now, as a tennis player, where some of these new kids on the block are faster than he is, they never give up etc.
It all seems to have started, his decline from utter dominance that is, when Rafael Nadal became the only guy who would deny him his majors trophies. Yeah, Djokovic did too, but Rafa is the guy in his head, the guy who just beat him in Wimbledon- to quote Fed, "his part of the year".
Now, the guy who maintained the #1 ranking so long the authorities were almost called onto the scene to investigate kidnapping, is belted off the court by world #22. I don't know that we've ever seen a fall from grace quite like this, but as a sports enthusiast and bettor as well, it's painful to watch.
Few words can explain what happened tonight.
This would be like watching Tom Brady 8 years from now, struggling to maintain more TD's than interceptions. He's at that age now, as a tennis player, where some of these new kids on the block are faster than he is, they never give up etc.
It all seems to have started, his decline from utter dominance that is, when Rafael Nadal became the only guy who would deny him his majors trophies. Yeah, Djokovic did too, but Rafa is the guy in his head, the guy who just beat him in Wimbledon- to quote Fed, "his part of the year".
Now, the guy who maintained the #1 ranking so long the authorities were almost called onto the scene to investigate kidnapping, is belted off the court by world #22. I don't know that we've ever seen a fall from grace quite like this, but as a sports enthusiast and bettor as well, it's painful to watch.