: A fan’s view: How does a lifelong Roger Federer follower make sense of this Wimbledon defeat? #IndiaNEWS Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the author’s blog here. The nature

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A fan’s view: How does a lifelong Roger Federer follower make sense of this Wimbledon defeat? #IndiaNEWS
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the author’s blog here. The nature of sport, coupled with the nature of time, often give us moments that become markers of the inevitable changing of the guard. As Hubert Hurkacz approached to shake hands at the net with the man he’d just beaten on Centre Court, you felt this was one of those moments. Because the man at the other end was Roger Federer. Oldest Wimbledon men’s singles quarter-finalist in the Open Era Roger Federer. Weeks away from turning 40 Roger Federer. Not in this entire century had Federer lost a set 6-0 to anyone on grass. Today, he did. For a neutral, it was the romanticism of sport writ large over this seminal moment. A young new contender – who could be the next superstar – emerges with a statement performance. Federer would know. He himself was that guy against Pete Sampras at the very same place exactly two decades ago. It’s not perhaps a final goodbye, but a circle sure closed at Centre Court on Wednesday.But what does this moment make a lifelong Federer fan feel?Is it bittersweet, knowing we got to watch him longer in this spiritual home of his, more than his previous form and...Read more

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