Roger Federer is a 34-year-old father of not one, but two sets of twins, and hasn’t been to the finals of the US Open since 2009.
The Swiss Maestro captured the last of his 17 Grand Slam singles titles back at Wimbledon in 2012.
Yet when Federer takes the court on Tuesday in Flushing Meadows for his first-round match against Leonardo Mayer, the No. 2 seed should be brimming with confidence about the chances of capturing his 18th major title during this fortnight.
Federer, who won five straight titles in Queen from 2004-08, is coming off winning the title on hardcourts at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, where he served brilliantly and attacked the net fearlessly en route to beating Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic in back-to-back matches in the semifinals and final. Overall he is 21-2 (.913) with three titles on hardcourts in 2015.
“He played a fantastic week there [in Cincinnati],” Djokovic, the No. 1 seed at the Open, said of Federer. “I still see him as one of the best players in the world, undoubtedly. He’s proven that, he’s No. 2 in the world. He’s played the Wimbledon final. He’s winning big events. He’s still challenging everybody he’s facing on the court. I always see him as one of the favorites everywhere he goes.”
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