Every year at Wimbledon, Federer becomes a focal point, not only because of his great achievements in eight Wimbledon champions, but also because his style of play and style of play are highly compatible with the characteristics of Wimbledon.
If Djokovic is the king of Melbourne and Nadal is the overlord of Roland Garros, then Federer is clearly the elf of the meadow and the darling of Wimbledon.
At Wimbledon this year, Federer's attention has not declined, but has risen significantly, mainly because Federer is approaching the end of his career, and his race will "see one less game". For countless milk powders, Wimbledon is federer's most likely place to win another Grand Slam, and it will be more difficult to get another year a year later — not to mention that Federer may suddenly retire or leave the field for a long time.
Therefore, it will be interesting to analyze Federer's prospects for signing at Wimbledon this year.
Federer's first-round opponent will be 32-year-old Frenchman Mannarino, who is currently ranked 42 and has lost all six of his matches with Federer, most recently in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2018, with Federer winning 6-0, 7-5, 6-4.
After losing 2-1 to Aliassim in the second round at Harley, Federer ended his only grass warm-up before Wimbledon and returned to Switzerland to practice for a while on the grass court of a private club. Federer arrived in London early on Wednesday, and his practice partners at Wimbledon were Dimitrov and Karatsev.
Based on Halley's performance, it's hard to predict how federer's form will return on grass, but considering he has won three games at the French Open, it's obviously inappropriate to have a pessimistic attitude towards him.
That doesn't mean Federer's Wimbledon first round will be easy, with his first-round opponent Mannarino having just reached the semi-finals at The Mallorca Grass. However, he has made eight consecutive round trips since miami this year. Our conclusion is that Manarino was not in good shape in the past, but the grass has been in good shape lately.
From the technical characteristics, this left-handed player is not a bottom-line heavy artillery player, it is expected to be difficult to put too much pressure on Federer, Federer's serve, forehand and backhand and net in front of the net as long as they are at normal levels, I believe that the first round of passing should not be a big problem.
By the second round, Federer could meet French veteran Gasquet if he wins the Japanese Yuichi Sugita.
Gasquet won two consecutive games on nottingham grass lawn last week to advance to the quarterfinals, but retired from the game due to injury in the third set of the quarter-finals and immediately withdrew from Eastbourne, so his recovery from injury is unclear.
Gasquet is Federer's old rival and a very familiar old friend, having won two titles on grass and reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals twice in 2007 and 2015. However, the 55th-ranked French veteran has been in a slump in recent years, having traveled to Wimbledon for three consecutive years since 2017, and the best Grand Slam result here is to stop in the third round.
Gasquet met Nadal in the second round of this year's French Open, and was sent to the egg in the first set, and the heavy pace has become the biggest shortcoming of the 35-year-old veteran. In this way, Federer's chances of advancing to the third round will be very high.
Once in the round of 32, Federer will face a real challenge. As the rounds progress, the opponents he encounters will become more and more difficult and powerful, if he can continue to stay in the signing table.
The reason for this is that crossing the third round is the psychological bottom line of many milk powders, and then watching each round of the game will be more Buddhist.
Federer's third-round opponent could be 25-year-old British homegrown Nori, the world No. 34 youngster in good form, who has performed well in all competitions this year, having won 39 games since the beginning of the year, ranking third among atp players. He reached the quarter-finals at Playa del Dre, Acapulco and Barcelona, and reached the finals at Estoril, Lyon and the Queen's Cup, especially in last week's Queen's Cup with the better-looking Berrettini in the decider.
Nori isn't the kind of guy who can hit jaw-dropping, but he's technically stable across the board, especially good at forehand spins and backhand draws.
Federer has yet to play Against Nori on the Tour and at Grand Slams, with the two playing just one match in the 2019 Hopman Cup, with Federer winning two 6-1.
After entering the third round, the player's matchup will be difficult to predict, mainly because the outcome of the game on the opponent's side must also be accurately predicted at the same time. Before advancing to the third round, Norie's biggest opponent was Bolt, who had just won seven consecutive qualifying games at the Nottingham Challenge and thus received a wild card from Wimbledon.
Federer is the No. 6 seed at Wimbledon, and his second-biggest seed in the 7/8 zone is Spain's Busta, a typical clay player who only played in a grass warm-up at Mallorca after losing to Tsitsipas in the fourth round of the French Open this year, and his five appearances at Wimbledon were all one round. As a result, Sam Quiri or Sonego in this 7/8 zone is more likely to be Federer's opponent to advance to the Round of 16.
In the first three rounds, if Federer's knees hadn't been a problem, he wouldn't have much of a problem advancing to the round of 16, after all, he had reached the round of 16 at the just-concluded French Open.
By the quarter-finals, Medvedev will be federated as the biggest seed Federer faces, but Medvedev's first-round opponent Struve is also a tough player, and this 8/8 zone also has Cilic and Dimitrov, who also have the ability to reach the final eight.
By the semi-finals, Zverev and Berrettini were the most threatening players in the lower half, especially Berrettini, who had just won the Queen's Cup, which was regarded as one of the biggest favourites to win the Wimbledon this year.
Top seed Djokovic is certainly the hottest to win, and he went to Mallorca to play doubles after winning the French Open in order to warm up for Wimbledon, which was seen as a wise move by industry insiders.
Djokovic has a good signing this year, and he is in the 1/4 zone with basically no extremely threatening opponents. In the entire first half, it is probably Tsitsipas who is most likely to cause trouble for Djokovic, but whether the latter can get out of the shadow of the French Open final winning 2 and losing 3 is also a major suspense.
In this way, Djokovic's promotion to the final will be a high probability event, but the grass is also a place that is prone to upset, and the Grand Slam has always become more intense and interesting from the second week.
Overall, Federer has a good Wimbledon signing this year. If our predictions are accurate and Federer progresses to the round of 16, how far he can go after that will depend mainly on his performance in the first three games. If he had played four or even five sets in two of his first three games, it would obviously have raised concerns about his fitness and knees.
Therefore, how far Federer can go at wimbledon this year depends not only on his opponents, but also on himself, and the most intuitive judgment is based on how many sets he will lose in his first three games. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yun Cirrus Yunshu)