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Why Federer and Serena Williams would be very frustrated by the Coronavirus lockdown

Serena and Roger may have lost some important time after the cancellation of the Championship

14 May 2020

Roger Federer and Serena Williams are arguably the best tennis players in history. Both are 38 and they are chasing their last hurrah. Their best chances to yet win another slam are in Wimbledon that was unfortunately canceled with the global pandemic.

Tennis legend and commentator Martina Navratilova during a recent interview with the Laureus highlighted that both Roger and Serena should be very frustrated with the cancellation of the Championships as next year they will be 39 and the chances to win yet another slam will be extremely slim.

Martina commented:
“For players like Roger Federer and, of course, Serena Williams, it’s time lost. Particularly Serena, Wimbledon being her best chance to break Margaret Court’s record. She’s stuck on 23 and tries to get to 24, maybe 25. It’s an opportunity lost when you’re not getting any younger. If I was sitting in that position I’d be going nuts that I can’t play.

Everybody’s in the same boat, but for the old players like Roger and even Rafa Nadal and, particularly, Serena Williams, it’s more difficult, no doubt about it. I sympathize with them because this is an enemy you can’t rehab, you can’t fight against, you just hope it will go away and we can play next year.

Novak Djokovic is right behind Roger and Rafa chasing the major titles, but I think the one that’s most affected would be Roger Federer because he’s the eldest by quite a bit. But you have to deal with it. As Billie Jean King said ‘champions adjust’.”

During a recent Instagram video with her sister Venus, Serena told how much she was looking forward to getting back on court.

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Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2020

Now the world no.4, the Swiss played his last match on the 30^th of January when he lost to Novak Djokovic 7-6¹ 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer’s best accomplishment of this year was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open.

Serena Williams’s ranking and performance in 2020

Currently ranked no.9, Serena played her last match on the 8^th of February when she was overcome by Anastasija Sevastova 7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁴ in the Rubber 4 of the Fed Cup.

Currently, this season Serena has a 8-2 win-loss record. Serena clinched 1 title in Auckland.