For Me Roger Federer Is The Greatest Of All Time

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For me, Roger Federer is the greatest of all time.
The reasons stretch well beyond the way the man seeking an eighth Wimbledon title on Sunday wields a tennis racket. It's because he never lets you know what he is thinking on the court.
Even when he is losing, Federer still looks like he is winning.
And it's because the very fact we are still talking about him at all today defies every available piece of logic. 
To drop out of tennis for three months, as he did after his Wimbledon semi-final last year, and then come back to win a Grand Slam in Australia is almost impossible. 
Roger Federer has returned to the top of his game having defied all logic in the men's game
The Croatian No 6 seed Marin Cilic has been in superb form and will fancy his chances
Since then he has won significant titles in Miami and Palm Springs, then taken another break, and now finds himself in a final against Marin Cilic.

As I've thought from day one, I can't see beyond Federer winning it, but the effects may extend well beyond Sunday afternoon. I think Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will have a long look at the impact his break has had and examine similar strategies to extend their own careers. 
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Federer has shown that you don't have to play every week to succeed in tennis. The lesson may be particularly relevant to Murray, who hobbled out of the tournament. An extended break might be just what he needs. 
So his world ranking will suffer.

Big deal! Our No 1 player may have no choice anyway, because the MRI scan on the hip which has troubled him will perhaps mean he has to step back for a time. He has looked in need of a break for months. 
The 18-time Grand Slam champion is grateful to the role played by his wife Mirka in his career
The 35-year-old has been sensible choosing not to play at times when winning is unlikely
His problems are a spin-off from last year and the workload he put in when he could have taken off three, four or five months.

Instead, he rested for two or three weeks before heading into a training period in Miami, to prepare for Australia. 
In retrospect, that was too soon after the year he'd had and contributed to health problems, Nagerfutter including shingles. 
How do you take an extended break when you're Andy Murray?
You've got sponsors and everything else that goes with life at the top of the game. To him, it would not have been logical. 
But Federer doing it — and starting to win consistently again — has changed the landscape. I'm sure a lot of the top guys and their coaches — who deep down were very respectful to Roger — did not think he had a chance of winning the Australian Open. 
The Swiss will toast an eighth Wimbledon crown if he beats Cilic in Sunday's final
Federer's wife Mirka celebrates with his coaching staff following another win on Centre Court
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