Roger Federer: Has 'father time' finally caught up with tennis legend?

10 Jul 2021

Herman Mostert

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Roger Federer. (Photo by TPN/Getty Images)

Is the curtain finally coming down on the glittering career of tennis great Roger Federer, Herman Mostert asks.

Roger Federer's demise in the Wimbledon quarter-finals may be an indication that the curtain is finally coming down on the tennis great's glittering career.

Federer, an eight-time champion at the All England Club, looked a mere shadow of his old self in a straight sets defeat to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz.

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