Will Age Or Ranking Retire Fed

[smoledman]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

I honestly think he'll atleast keep going until he believes he can't win Grand Slams anymore. Which, no matter what, won't be until 2014 Wimbledon atleast.

How will he know that until he's played 2-3 years without winning any? That's like 2016.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by smoledman

How will he know that until he's played 2-3 years without winning any? That's like 2016.

He won't know, it's just what he believes. And I think he won't lose that belief until 2014W atleast.

[pjonesy]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

I honestly think he'll atleast keep going until he believes he can't win Grand Slams anymore. Which, no matter what, won't be until 2014 Wimbledon atleast.

Agree 100%. The only issue is whether or not Federer can recognize that he can't compete anymore. I imagine that if he had a season like Sampras did in 2002(Before US Open win), he might be too proud to finish the season. Which is really not a bad thing. I can't feel too sorry for a player with 17 Grand Slam Singles Titles.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by pjonesy

Agree 100%. The only issue is whether or not Federer can recognize that he can't compete anymore. I imagine that if he had a season like Sampras did in 2002(Before US Open win), he might be too proud to finish the season. Which is really not a bad thing. I can't feel too sorry for a player with 17 Grand Slam Singles Titles.

I think he would. Sampras was making USO finals so if Federer had made a final in the previous year's USO, he'd try his luck in the next one, too.

[NEW_BORN]

If Fed makes it to the end of 2015, then surely he would stick around for the Olympics in Rio. I mean he's not gonna play another 3 years only to retire a months out from his last remaining goal.
If he's going to retire it will either be end of 2014 or end of 2016. I can't see him playing past that point.

[Mick3391]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

I honestly think he'll atleast keep going until he believes he can't win Grand Slams anymore. Which, no matter what, won't be until 2014 Wimbledon atleast.

Hope you are right! Hope he goes on for 6 more years, my son has NO INTEREST in watching Tennis aside from Fed, no one, no matter how good they are. When Fed leaves, the air will be sucked out of Tennis.

But yea there will be another monster come out, there always is.

[Federer20042006]

The other possibility is injury. Likely the back, but I wouldn't rule out something else, either.

If he had a severe injury issue, he might decide to play one final farewell tournament (probably the next Wimbledon available). I think he wants to go out in the right atmosphere, with people knowing he's going to retire when it's over.

[BorisBeckerFan]

I don't know what will retire him but in my eyes he's been retired for a long time. I would say since he's been retired since he shortened his take back on the forehand. The last several slams he's won have all been bonuses, icing, etc. What ever he wins in the future is just a punctuation mark on a very good story. This maybe the longest goodbye in sports history. Who knows when he'll hang them up and may do it with an additional slam to boot or 2 to boot. Nadal is still the favorite in my eyes at the French even if he not at full health but if he's off by too much then Fed has as good a chance as any and good a chance at the next 2 Wimbledons. A hard court slam may be a tough ask for him at this point but it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility. It's good for retirees to have a part time job even if they have no financial concerns.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by Federer20042006

The other possibility is injury. Likely the back, but I wouldn't rule out something else, either.

If he had a severe injury issue, he might decide to play one final farewell tournament (probably the next Wimbledon available). I think he wants to go out in the right atmosphere, with people knowing he's going to retire when it's over.

I'm pretty sure he's gonna retire at Wimbledon. If not, perhaps the WTF. I don't see it happening anywhere else, not even Basel.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by BorisBeckerFan

I don't know what will retire him but in my eyes he's been retired for a long time. I would say since he's been retired since he shortened his take back on the forehand. The last several slams he's won have all been bonuses, icing, etc. What ever he wins in the future is just a punctuation mark on a very good story. This maybe the longest goodbye in sports history. Who knows when he'll hang them up and may do it with an additional slam to boot or 2 to boot. Nadal is still the favorite in my eyes at the French even if he not at full health but if he's off by too much then Fed has as good a chance as any and good a chance at the next 2 Wimbledons. A hard court slam may be a tough ask for him at this point but it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility. It's good for retirees to have a part time job even if they have no financial concerns.

[forzamilan90]

Originally Posted by BorisBeckerFan

I don't know what will retire him but in my eyes he's been retired for a long time. I would say since he's been retired since he shortened his take back on the forehand. The last several slams he's won have all been bonuses, icing, etc. What ever he wins in the future is just a punctuation mark on a very good story. This maybe the longest goodbye in sports history. Who knows when he'll hang them up and may do it with an additional slam to boot or 2 to boot. Nadal is still the favorite in my eyes at the French even if he not at full health but if he's off by too much then Fed has as good a chance as any and good a chance at the next 2 Wimbledons. A hard court slam may be a tough ask for him at this point but it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility. It's good for retirees to have a part time job even if they have no financial concerns.

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[Talker]

If they do quicken up the courts Fed will have a better chance.

Though he can still last for hours, the endurance probably will have more of a detrimental effect than loss of skills.

[ctoth666]

I hope in some ways that Federer leaves the game sooner rather than later. After watching the sometimes appalling grinding style prevail as winning tennis I think it's too much bother, honestly. Federer is not going to go out in a semi or final and play the kind of grueling style he needs to in order to beat Djokovic or Murray, and he knows it. Of course, if he keeps himself in the mix, he's bound to get an opportunity once in a while, but the question is: is it worth it? And with Nadal returning, that would make three guys he's not going to beat most of the time.

Maybe he could play a "full" doubles schedule instead? Or maybe he could really prep himself for Wimbledon, like skip the French Open or something, and make that the focus of his entire year. I don't know.

[kalyan4fedever]

Fed already lost some of his passion I think....it just comes down with age

[Fiji]

He will probably retire in his mid-thirties. Similar to Agassi.

[Relinquis]

the guy won a slam less than 12 months ago and is making semis, at the very least. as long as he's playing at this level we should be thankful that he is still on tour.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by kalyan4fedever

Fed already lost some of his passion I think....it just comes down with age

That's a bad joke. The Australian Open QF and SF show he's as passionate as ever.

[pjonesy]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

I think he would. Sampras was making USO finals so if Federer had made a final in the previous year's USO, he'd try his luck in the next one, too.

That is a fair point, but what if Sampras had NOT made the US Open final, the previous year? What if he didn't win it in 2002? My point is, the US Open win salvaged Sampras' season and capped his career perfectly. It was completely unexpected. Previous to that, Sampras' season was horrible by his standards. Just wondering if Federer would have too much pride to quit or would the reality of his demise as a competitive player lead him to bow out gracefully on a losing note? Or would that not even be a consideration?

[Phoenix1983]

He will retire after Rio 2016.

[Subventricular Zone]

When he doesn't want to play anymore.