Fed has fallen off of a cliff since the AO. He is playing like a guy that is ranked 5th in the world, not 2nd. Blowing a 2 set lead to Anderson at Wimbledon was one of the low moments for me(as a fan of his). He had insane moments in 2017. In 2018, he had a fortunate draw until he faced Cilic in the final. Since then, it has been a tough year.
2018 Fed loses in 4 sets to Djokovic at this Wimbledon. 2017 Fed beats 2018 Djoker in a 5 set nail-biter at Wimbledon.
With all of that being said, I think that age has finally caught up to Federer for good, unfortunately. And this time, he cannot bail himself out by switching rackets like he did in 2014. He is clearly a step slower. He couldn’t out-rally Anderson from the baseline. It seems like it was 10 years ago when Fed was bullying Rafa on hard courts. But that was just last year. Now, Coric and Anderson are bullying Fed on grass courts!
Fed got his 20th slam title and he is done winning them. As I said before, somebody will break that record. It has been a great run as a fan. Thanks Federer for all of the great memories. Part of me wouldn’t be surprised if he retired after the end of this year. What more does he have to accomplish? 20 slam titles, 310 weeks at #1, and over 200 wins against the top 10 are all absurd records. I would have liked to see him bag career title #100. But that is all right. It has been a great career. If another player that comes along that becomes my favorite happens to match Fed’s resume, I will be ecstatic.