And This is Just a Moment in Time!
This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Roger Federer reimagined the game of tennis. No one had ever played it with his combination of speed, power, creativity, and grace. Federer was much more than a balletic performer who danced across the stage displaying his artistry. What made Federer more than an artist, and one of the greatest champions in any sport, was the deep competitive fire he brought to the game. The package – all poise, precision, and perfection – sometimes seemed too good to be true. Roger Federer played 24 years on tour, more than 1,500 matches. Yet he never retired during a match due to injury. What finally forced Federer to step away from the game, at 41 was his simple inability to compete. After all the high-flying magic, all the legend-making, all the on-court poetry, it was a simple, pedestrian matter of Federer’s body not being able to carry out the wishes o...