If it’s Wimbledon – white sparkle on green grass – it is Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
He won seven crowns and he had done better at eight.
They were a week away from their 40th birthday and faced with their long-standing questions.
Riposte who echoed is a test of time, they are competitors in almost 40.
Traditional titans.
Serena, looking for her first big title since the birth of his daughter Olympia almost four years ago, has been in four finals since then, two of them at Wimbledon.
In the previous championship edition in 2019, he lost to Halep Simona who was inspired.
Federer, who will be 40 four weeks after the tournament pulled to the close on July 11, in short the match, returned because he was from knee surgery.
Unlike in 2017, when he made a six-month break, divided into injury, it seemed like he had just ducked and came out of one of those health retreats, Switzerland appeared on the edge of this time.
Long life and legendary status may work along, but the 40s are not a good milestone in America or Switzerland are looking at.
“I remember conversations with pistols (Pete Sampras) 10 years ago, when I only hit 30,” Federer said.
“He wondered how much was left in the tank.
He thinks I will come towards the end.
The goal is not to play up to 40.
It comes in (some) last year.” Serena, drawn in a harder part, led by the world No.
1 Ashleigh Barty, refers to technology.
“How we see the game, the way we recover, the way our shoes are made, the way the equipment is made, technology is a big part of why myself and Roger played for so long,” said the sixth seed.
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“Usually retirement people at 29-30; 32 are maximum.
There are some players at that age now, which only hit their steps.” Serena is used to being hunted.
Hard lottery and difficult matches are par for the course.
“It certainly makes me better, I have a big X on my back since ’99 when I won the US Open,” he said.
“Players play hard every single tournament, every game, every grand slam (against me) …
It’s hard to mentally when someone can defeat you and they lose directly in the next round almost every time.
At the end of the day, that’s why I am Serena.
Accept Love.
“For Federer, who faced Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the opening tournament, the form form was a task that mostly determined because where he was – at home, in his yard.
The grass can be hard on his newly repaired knee, but it’s not something he wants to consider.
At least not hard.
“I still like it, enjoy myself,” he said competing.
“I’ll see about the results, if they will return.
This is why Wimbledon is important to me right now.” No matter what happened since when the first ball was hit at the court of the match at the All England club on Monday to the curtain down on July 11, Serena Williams and Roger Federer will take place 40.
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