{"id":143127,"date":"2021-10-12T09:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T09:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=143127"},"modified":"2021-10-12T13:56:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T13:56:32","slug":"tennis-greats-brutal-federer-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=143127","title":{"rendered":"Tennis great&#039;s brutal Federer admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge says it&#x27;s &quot;highly unlikely&quot; Roger Federer will win another Grand Slam title in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Federer, who recently turned 40, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/tennis-realistic-roger-federer-admits-future-in-doubt-after-surgery\/9a141f10-4079-48e1-89cf-7cd44e62bc08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"he needs a third operation on his troublesome right knee\">underwent a third operation on his troublesome right knee<\/a> in August, a procedure that he said would <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/roger-federer-knee-surgery-sam-groth-reaction-exclusive\/23877d43-c2e6-4a3b-82a6-d3c76d4b9e58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"leave him out of the game for &quot;many months&quot;.\">leave him out of the game for &quot;many months&quot;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After missing out on the Australian Open this year, the Swiss maestro returned to Grand Slam action at the French Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-time Grand Slam winner proved he still has plenty left, reaching the round of 16 at Roland-Garros before withdrawing from the tournament, while at Wimbledon he <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/wimbledon-2021-roger-federer-loses-to-hubert-hurkacz-in-quarterfinals\/3c53743c-b4b8-489e-8899-ecda6c46943c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Federer went one better by making it through to the quarter-finals\">went one better by making it through to the quarter-finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5afe3cad-af06-420e-9504-964d1a34a3c2\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5afe3cad-af06-420e-9504-964d1a34a3c2\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3362\" data-height=\"2128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But after most recently missing the US Open, and with fears Federer might miss the Australian Open for a second straight year, Woodbridge says it&#x27;s tough to see a scenario where the tennis icon can land Grand Slam title number 21.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Highly unlikely,&quot; Woodbridge said on 2GB&#x27;s <em>Wide World of Sports&#x27; radio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&quot;If he were to win one, I think the only one that he would be able to get through is Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s had another knee surgery &#8230; he&#x27;s not going to be out on the court for a while.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t think we&#x27;re going to see him in Australia (in 2022). He&#x27;s not going to win at the French Open, and he&#x27;s 40 years of age.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6262727159001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/07\/368613\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Hurkacz\u00a0stuns\u00a0Federer\u00a0in\u00a0straight\u00a0sets\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckqtqsawp002k0go1w23dcn49\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think Roger&#x27;s going to come out and play some nice matches, but winning seven matches to win a slam, I don&#x27;t think we&#x27;re going to see that.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Woodbridge conceded that the same situation also applies to Serena Williams, but said the American star is &quot;more likely&quot; to win another Grand Slam than Federer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/boxing-tyson-fury-could-consider-retirement-after-deontay-wilder-win\/e86bb77f-4d42-4190-9bf3-e86b3c1093bd\"><strong>Retirement rumours for Tyson Fury after historic win<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/nba-ben-simmons-backflip-could-return-to-philadelphia-this-week\/6ccb2903-65b7-4834-b160-6a2ef9f87e74\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Ben Simmons tipped to backflip on stalemate and return to the Sixers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;You can probably throw Serena Williams in that very similar situation,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;These last 12 months have been a really interesting period and a change over for tennis.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But Serena is more likely [to win another Grand Slam] I feel than Roger.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge says it&#x27;s &quot;highly unlikely&quot; Roger Federer will win another Grand Slam title in his career. 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