Roger Federer

What I’ll be watching this week is Roger Federer on his quest to become the undisputed greatest tennis player of all time. He is currently rolling through the Raphael Nadal-less Wimbledon field, and a win will give him his record breaking 15th Grand Slam title.
Federer has been as dominant as any athlete this decade, including Tiger Woods. He currently owns three Australian Open Titles, five Wimbledon titles, five consecutive U.S. Open titles, and capped off the career Grand Slam earlier this year with his first French Open title.
His dominance is not limited only to major tournaments, however. He has 59 career victories on the professional tour, and a career winning percentage of an eye popping 80.7 percent. He is the tours leading money winner of all time with over 48 million dollars in career earnings. He held the number one ranking in the world for 237 consecutive weeks before finally losing it to Raphael Nadal.
Federer detractors will point to his struggles against Nadal, who has a 13-7 career record against Federer, including a 5-2 mark in Grand Slam finals. Most of these losses came on the clay courts of Roland Garros, where Nadal is nearly unbeatable. There is no denying Federer’s consistency however, as he has reached at least the semi-finals in 20 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, which is a span of almost 5 years.
Federer is going to win this week, and it will be his 6th Wimbledon title in 7 years. He will do it without much fanfare, but make no mistake. He is a once in a generation athlete, climbing to heights that nobody has ever reached in his sport. Quite simply, he is the best ever.