Roger Federer Strikes Again: Glory Be the Glimmer Man

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Published: February 8, 2010

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So here we are again, it's early February and the dust has begun to settle after the first Grand Slam of the year down under.

Having watched Roger Federer not only extend his record-breaking consecutive Grand Slam semi-final count to 23, but masterfully manipulated and annihilated Andy Murray in the Australian Open final, it is once again abundantly clear that Federer is still setting that bar high for consistency in 2010.

In fact, ''high'' is an understatement.

Federer's stats reign unimaginably supreme over all other sportsmen of this era. The Michael Schumacher's, the Tiger Wood's, the Michael Jordan's: they don't hold a candle to this man's scorching consistency.

He's reached 18 of the last 19 grand slam finals, broken only by just the one semi-final; he's been at No. 1 in the world since February 2004, barring only a brief spell at No. 2 for 30 weeks or so; and he's only weeks away from having the all-time record for total weeks at No. 1, with 268 (He's chasing Sampras' 286 weeks).

Take Wimbledon for one.

He's reached seven consecutive finals (2003-09) and won six, losing only one to Nadal, in which he was two points away from winning. At 28, he's likely to break the record of total Wimbledon victories (7), or at the least match it. He is regarded by most as the Grass Court King of just about any era, with a 65-match winning streak to his name, despite the shortness of the grass court season.

Take the U.S. Open.

He's reached six finals in a row—again losing only one—and again, he was two points away from winning. Furthermore, has a 40-match winning streak to his name at Flushing Meadows, and a hard court record-winning streak of 56 matches.

Simply mind-blowing stats.

Just when you think that's enough, there's the surface of clay, which despite the fact that he's in the pathway of arguably one of the greatest clay courters of all ti...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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