Forget the creaking knees and advancing years - the Swiss will be 38 in August - not many in SW19 will bet against their adopted favourite achieving Wimbledon history with a ninth men's title to equal Martina Navratilova's record singles mark.Victory would consolidate his position as oldest male champion, a record he set in 2017 when he won his eighth title without dropping a set at the age of 35 years and 342 days.
Perhaps Federer's decision to compete at Roland Garros for the first time in four years was actually an acknowledgement that his great powers are waning. Switzerland's Roger Federer in action during his quarter final match against South Africa's Kevin Anderson, Jul 11, 2018. "Federer played a great claycourt season, which gives him the belief he can win Wimbledon again," said the Spaniard.
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