Every time Roger Federer loses a match tennis holds its breath. He wins, mostly – 43 of 49 matches this year – but a month after turning 38 he walked away from the US Open looking spent and vulnerable because Grigor Dimitrov, 10 years his junior, beat him and beat him up in a dramatic quarter-final.
The owner of 20 majors went down fighting against the owner of none in five sets that held everyone spellbound for three hours and 12 minutes, though it seemed longer. But how many more nights will there be, was the whispered question. Will Federer win another grand slam title?
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Flushing Meadows
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/04/roger-federer-time-body-us-open-grigor-dimitrov under the title “Roger Federer’s talent may be immune to time but his body is not | Kevin Mitchell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
