• Chronicle: Federer falls in the quarterfinals before a determined and determined Dimitrov

" I don't have a crystal ball, and you? " Roger Federer replied when asked about the possibility of winning a Grand Slam again. The Swiss was disappointed after his defeat in the quarterfinals of the US Open against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov , a five-set match that lasted more than 3 hours and ended in 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6 -4 and 6-2.

At 38 years old and with nothing to prove himself or the fans, Federer is in the final stretch of his career and at the crossroads of when to lift the foot of the accelerator, leave the racket aside and start a new life . He had two match balls against Djokovic in the last Wimbledon final and he had the road freed towards a more than possible final against Nadal after Nole's defeat against Wawrinka . That is, Roger is still in the elite of tennis, but time does not forgive.

" I am disappointed because I thought I was playing well after a couple of bad starts," he explained, and summed up the medical attention he requested before the last set for some back pain: "I felt it all the time, but I could play with it , it was my fault that I didn't win. This moment belongs to Grigor, not to the state of my body. I did my best and it wasn't too bad to give up, Grigor was better, I struggled with what I had, "he said.

Federer says goodbye to the last Grand Slam of the season and now faces the last months of a year in which he has won three titles, Halle, Miami and Dubai . He has lost in the 16th of Australia against Tsitsipas , in the semifinals of Roland Garros against Nadal , in the Wimbledon final against Djokovic and in the US Open quarterfinals against Dimitrov. "I still believe that it is a positive season. Now I am disappointed, but I will return. I will be fine," he replied, asked about his future, although he said: "You never know."

The Swiss is qualified for the London ATP Finals , along with Nole, Rafa and Medvedev, for now, and plans to play in "the Laver Cup, Shanghai, Basel and maybe Paris. That is the schedule for now." "I don't know if the team has other ideas or not. I'm glad to have some rest now, go back to training, reassess and attack from there," Roger said.

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