Roger Federer no longer in top ten tennis

The ATP currently stops in Indian Wells. In the local Masters not from the game is Roger Federer. The 40-year-old continues to laborist on knee problems, which allowed him to participate in only five tournaments this season. After Federer now had to cancel the tournament in California and his points from 2019 - 2020 had been canceled the tournament pandemie string - did not defend the Swiss for the first time for almost five years from the top ten the ATP world rankings and can be found On the 11th place again.

Federer operates, Hurkacz dominated

New in this elite circle is Hubert Hurkacz, who passed by his eighth place in Indian Wells to Federer and can count on the ten best players in the world for the first time in his career. Sovereign had won the pole against Francis Tiafoe in two sentences with 6: 2 and 6: 3. The last direct meeting of the two competitors around the first ten world ranking places was able to win the 24-year-old against Federer. According to this match, the native Basler had undergone his third surgery on the right knee since 2020, whose consequences of them until today.

Lastly, Federer was also slipped from the ATP top ten in January 2017, as well as recurring knee problems and falling back to the 17th place. In the episode, however, the specialist for grass places then fought impressive back and only one year later, the leadership of the world ranking even took over. Whether - and if yes when - a comparable comeback is possible, currently does not seem to see.