Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Hao Haoyu
On July 8, Beijing time, at Wimbledon Centre Court, 39-year-old Roger Federer looked lonely and looked at Hulkach on the other side and shouted.
The Polish boy, once called Federer a "sweet boy" and 15 years younger than Federer, is enjoying the sweetness of reaching the final four of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Federer stopped the 2021 Wimbledon quarter-finals, far from his 21st Grand Slam trophy.
The audience shouted Federer's name, "One more year!" (Play for another year)" came and went, but the scoreboard was quite glaring — 0-3, Federer lost three sets in a row on the field he was best at. Even in the third set, the Swiss king "swallowed the egg" 0-6, bearing in mind that in his long career, he has only encountered such embarrassment four times before, three of which occurred in the last century. Federer had just made his debut at the time.
After the game, when asked if this would be his last Wimbledon, Federer shook his head nonchalantly: "I don't know, I really don't know. Of course I wish I could have been here again, but at my age, you can never predict the future. ”
The 39-year-old Swiss still has the determination to hit the top, but the defeat has hit him too hard.
Federer has been preparing for this Wimbledon trip for too long, and he even chose to retire from the French Open as he soared, just to keep more energy in the arena he is best at.
When Federer made his way to the quarterfinals, tennis fans were expecting him and Djokovic to meet again in the final, but the harsh reality gave the Swiss a blow.
In the match against Hulkach, Federer was completely inferior, only 4 break opportunities in the whole game, only 1 success, while the opponents got 15 break points and 5 times to complete the cash. The match lasted only 1 hour and 49 minutes, and Federer suffered a rout.
It's no wonder Federer was so bitter after the game, and there seemed to be a lot more thought of retiring in his words.
"I don't have a problem with my body, but the very simple, normal things that I've had for 15 or 20 years are disappearing..." Federer said, "I like the applause from the audience, and that's why I'm still here, but unfortunately, today they saw a fiasco."
In the past French Open, Nadal was reversed by his opponents in the semi-finals with a 2-0 lead over Xiaode, and then he decided to quit the next Wimbledon to give himself more time to adjust.
Also in the field where he is best at a loss that affects confidence, but The older Nadal, 5 years old Federer, is clearly facing a more difficult situation.
In fact, after Wimbledon in 2019, Federer has never reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament again.
In that final, Federer once held two championship points, but was still overturned by Xiaode, and the 21st crown was so close to the Swiss, but so far away.
We admire Federer's courage and passion, we respect Federer's brilliant achievements in the tennis world, but now it seems that the time has really come to say goodbye.
As former Grand Slam champion McEnroe put it: "Federer is human too, and one day when he opens his eyes, he realizes he's almost forty years old and whispers, 'It's today.'" (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
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