Roger Federer: At 58, it's over
Roger Federer continues to push the age records in tennis. He doesn't think of sprinter Marlene Ottey.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jan 18, 2019, 04:31 pm
It took almost an hour and a half for Roger Federer to make the round of 16 at the Australian Open clear: 6: 2, 7: 5, 6: 2 according to the numbers of the 37-year-old against youngster Taylor Fritz, who at 21 was actually one who won the Arrived who wants to replace the tennis scene.
If that ever will be the case, because Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Co. don't seem to have any plans to withdraw at the moment. Federer leaves his career end open anyway, even if he ruled out a career like that of Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey after the Fritz match.
The question in the press conference: If you look at Ottey, who would have been her personal best at 36, won the Olympic silver medal at 40, at 100 she still ran under 12 seconds and was still active at 58. .. and Federer himself always said that age is only a number ... whether maybe not there, maybe, possibly .. ???
"There you see it," smiled Federer, "but I won't be there for that long."
Federer wants to be healthy when he resigns
The Swiss also remained realistic when considering whether the best from Federer was yet to come. "No, I don't think so," said Federer and laughed. "The past ten years have been a lot of fun, maybe even more than the first ten, I'm not sure ... But with four children, the career I had, my body ... I want me to be healthy, when I step back. "
Currently, however, "everything is fine, the traffic light is green," said the third in the world rankings. "I am injury-free, have fun, my kids as well. My wife is happy. So there are no complaints or plans at the moment. I am happy where I am in my life and my career."
But Ottey's numbers are definitely something special. "They are unreachable," said Federer, who meets another youngster in the round of 16 with 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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