Qubax
Professional
And how do we define retirment?
I have said this many times and very few humor me as it sounds outlandish - BUT, I think for all intents and purposes Federer will never truly retire.
Here's how I see it.
Fed plays through to 2020 for Basel and the Olympics. He still gets himself to the Semis or so of Wimbledon even in 2019 or 2020.
Those sorts of results help Fed to stay motivated and help to support the pillars of him continuing - Family Allows it, Body Allows it, Results are there, Competitive Fire is still there.
All of a sudden Federer is 1 year from being 40 and is pulled by that next goal of being Top 10-15ish at 40.
Once Fed is 40, his daughters will be 12 years old. By the time the better daughter is 15 she and Grandpa Fed can start to compete in Doubles at the Majors.
Fast forward another 4 or so years and he's doing the same thing with Leo or Lenny.
Fed will continue to do things like play relatively competitive singles Exo's with current stars, his peers Nadal, and maybe past Stars, while playing competitive mixed doubles and mens doubles on the main pro circuit especially at majors.
So in my opinion Federer playing meaningful, professional tennis is miles from being in the rearview mirror.
I could see Fed in his mid 50's playing with his mid 20's kids in main slam draws. Doing that math we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 years left of Fed at a professional level (36 years of age to 55ish)
Feel free to laugh. But this is what I believe will happen.
Federer is almost too in love of tennis for his own good (although I don't see what bad it does).
I have said this many times and very few humor me as it sounds outlandish - BUT, I think for all intents and purposes Federer will never truly retire.
Here's how I see it.
Fed plays through to 2020 for Basel and the Olympics. He still gets himself to the Semis or so of Wimbledon even in 2019 or 2020.
Those sorts of results help Fed to stay motivated and help to support the pillars of him continuing - Family Allows it, Body Allows it, Results are there, Competitive Fire is still there.
All of a sudden Federer is 1 year from being 40 and is pulled by that next goal of being Top 10-15ish at 40.
Once Fed is 40, his daughters will be 12 years old. By the time the better daughter is 15 she and Grandpa Fed can start to compete in Doubles at the Majors.
Fast forward another 4 or so years and he's doing the same thing with Leo or Lenny.
Fed will continue to do things like play relatively competitive singles Exo's with current stars, his peers Nadal, and maybe past Stars, while playing competitive mixed doubles and mens doubles on the main pro circuit especially at majors.
So in my opinion Federer playing meaningful, professional tennis is miles from being in the rearview mirror.
I could see Fed in his mid 50's playing with his mid 20's kids in main slam draws. Doing that math we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 years left of Fed at a professional level (36 years of age to 55ish)
Feel free to laugh. But this is what I believe will happen.
Federer is almost too in love of tennis for his own good (although I don't see what bad it does).