Roger Federer was fielding questions from the media on Saturday at the US Open when a young boy in the press corps piped up and asked him a question.
“You have been the most consistent player of all time,” the boy asked intrepidly. “Can you please continue to play for eight, nine years so that I can play you when I go pro?”
“Yeah, sure,” Federer replied with a smile. “If you make it on tour, I’ll make sure maybe I come back for you, okay.”
At 36, Federer isn’t likely to play for another eight or nine years but he is playing some of the best tennis of his career at this advanced tennis age — maybe the best tennis.
The Swiss maestro enters his first-round match on Tuesday night against American Frances Tiafoe having won two Grand Slams this year — the Australian Open and Wimbledon — after not having captured a major title in the previous 17 Slams.
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