FedEx: Still Not Over

4130 days ago

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FedEx: Still Not Over

The owner of a record 17 Grand Slam titles, and the man who spent more weeks ranked No. 1 than any other, was out there on a U.S. Open practice court late Tuesday afternoon, putting in some training time shortly after finishing off a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 victory over 62nd-ranked Grega Zemlja of Slovenia in the first round. At 32, you’d expect him to rest after the match. But then legends don’t rest in their past glory. Holding his lowest ranking, No. 7, in more than a decade, and coming off a stunningly early exit at the previous major tournament -one of a series of newsworthy losses lately, Federer insists his passion for tennis is still there. You can take the man out of the game but you can’t take the game out of the man. Federer may have lost a step or two, but I believe he won’t quit practicing as hard as he did, playing as hard as he did and giving other players more than a run. This might be a rough year for him, but this won’t be the end. At least that’s what a few millions around the world would be hoping for.