After a year without playing since his last match at Wimbledon 2021, the Swiss has run out of points and disappears from the standings
It is the first time that this has happened since Federer appeared in the ATP ranking with his first points on September 22, 1997.
Nobody disputes that Roger Federer has long been living the twilight of his career. His knee injuries are haunting the end of the trajectory of one of the best tennis players in all history who, less than a month before his 41st birthday, is reluctant to retire and is aiming for 2023. He will reappear earlier this year at the Laver Cup and later on the circuit at the Basel tournament, where will it arrive no points and no ranking after this monday’s update.
9,058 days later, the Swiss has disappeared from the ATP rankings. His last points were achieved in the last edition of Wimbledon and after closing a year in the dry dock, the one from Basel has become a ‘ghost’. His entry into the ranking occurred on September 22, 1997 and since then it had never fallen. At that time, to contextualize with other candidates for the ‘GOAT’, Michael Jordan was still playing in the NBA and Tom Brady had not even debuted in the NFL. He has rained. In any case, depending on how it develops in the aforementioned contest ATP250 of his city, which will be held between October 24 and 30, Roger will be able to see himself reflected in the table again.
Before, the Helvetian will participate in the Laver Cup between September 23 and 25, where he will form a couple with Rafa Nadal giving us a new image for history. However, these tournaments are only the end of the set-up for Federer, who dreams of one last dance in 2023.”I’ll be back next season. I don’t know how or where, but that’s the idea”, he said last June in the Swiss newspaper ‘Tages-Anzeiger’.
The genius from Basel, in addition, recently excited when he participated in the tribute ceremony for the 100 years of Wimbledon Center Court at the All England Club: “Hope I can come back at least once more”. Federer still has string left on his racket.
