With all due respect, and as a fan, I am wondering is this right time for retirement?

[MaiDee]

With all due respect, and as a fan, I am wondering is this the right time for retirement?

1. No it is not.
A. Right now, best player ever (probably)
B. Two Grand Slams, back to back.
C. Number one again
D. Still young, can win many Grand Slams more.
Why should he?

2. Yes it is.
A. Can’t be higher than he is – lost of motivation.
B. Two Grand Slams without facing top three (excluding him)
C. Great competition. Nothing is for sure.
D. A lot of points to take care next year.
E. Dilemma to go like the best ever or perhaps no. 7
F. Can’t be better than he was (is).
Maybe it’s time

This is serious thread, without disrespect. This is my own dilemma.
Maybe it’s good for him, but not for tennis.
My favorite players are Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic ( No.1 is Djokovic because I am from Serbia).
If I insult somebody with this thread, this is not my intention, and I apologize.

 

[Blinkism]

Too soon to retire, he'd regret it forever.

If he's going to retire "early" he should do it at 30.

 

[AAAA]

He said he'd like his kid to see him play so that's at least another 2, 3 , 4 years. His game is physically less taxing than most in the history of mens tennis. Plus he has a life away from tennis, wife kid on it's way and the UN work for something more serious and meaningful than just tennis.

 

[charliefedererer]

He's 27, in great health, says he loves the game and plans on playing for at least several more years.
Wouldn't any fan love to watch him add new shots like his forehand drop shot, and the rest of the field. like the two Andy's, up their game and fitness to beat him? And wouldn't you love to see Rafa totally recover to have another twenty confrontations of their contrasting syles with so many great points instead of watching a series of aces like yesterday?

 

[marcl65]

With all due respect, and as a fan, I am wondering is this the right time for retirement?

I think it's a fair question. Personally, I'd prefer if he retired on top. Imagine seeing a record-breaker like Federer start to lose in the early rounds to unknowns like Sampras did at the end of his career. That's going to be sad.

Still, I think it'd be crazy for him to retire now unless he wants to put 100% into raising a family.

 

[joeri888]

I think it's a fair question. Personally, I'd prefer if he retired on top. Imagine seeing a record-breaker like Federer start to lose in the early rounds to unknowns like Sampras did at the end of his career. That's going to be sad.

Still, I think it'd be crazy for him to retire now unless he wants to put 100% into raising a family.

I like Federer to keep playin really. Maybe not the way Marat Safin did, but even then, I enjoyed watching him for many more years and loved his Wimbledon run last year. I think he should not retire right now. Sampras retired by winning a major, who cares he lost to guys like Bastl before that.. He was great, and everyone that matters remembered that. Fed has Slams left in him. maybe he could try to win the Davis Cup next year and the Olympics in 2012

 

[dh003i]

I think he's going to play until at least the Olympics in 2012.

There's nothing wrong with playing into the later years of your career. Laver did it, and no-one knocks him for it, for some of the losses he had at 40. So did Connors.

Federer is still the favorite at the USO and Wimbledon, a favorite at the AO, and obviously a favorite at the FO (although a healthy Nadal will be the favorite here). Why should he retire now?

He's going to have a shot at the USO later on this year, and then at every slam next year.

At some point, sure, his level will drop, and it will take constant monumental efforts from him to win a slam (like Sampras at his last USO win). But there is nothing wrong with that.

 

[bruce38]

He can get the non-calendar slam. This is his best chance. "Only" two hardcourts left. If anyone can do it, Fed can.

 

[ispaht]

He has said in a couple of interviews that the 2012 Olympics would be the perfect time.