Yikuphi okwathatha isikhathi eside kunabo bonke emidlalweni yokugcina yamadoda eWimbledon?
Context:2019: Irekhodi lesithathu leHopman Cup, isihloko se-100, ukunqoba umdlalo we-1200 kanye nomdlalo wokugcina we-12 weWimbledon Isihloko esiyinhloko: 2019 Roger Federer tennis isizini UFederer uvule umkhankaso wakhe ngokugcina iNdebe kaHopman kanye noBelinda Bencic, eba ngumdlali wokuqala ukuwina umcimbi wobulili obuhlanganisiwe kathathu.  UFederer wabekwa endaweni yesithathu ku-2019 Australian Open, wangena njengomphathi ophethe kabili. Unqobe uDenis Istomin, uDan Evans, noTaylor Fritz ukuze afinyelele emzuliswaneni wesine, lapho abhekana khona noStefanos Tsitsipas. Ngokuphenduka okumangalisayo, uTsitsipas wanqoba uFederer ngamasethi amane alinganayo. Okubaluleke kakhulu, uFederer akakwazanga ukuguqula noma yimaphi amaphuzu ayishumi nambili okuphuka ayewabambe kulo lonke umdlalo, kufaka phakathi amaphuzu amane okusetha kusethi yesibili. Ngemuva komdlalo uFederer umemezele ukuthi uzodlala isizini yomhlaba okokuqala kusukela ngo-2016.  Emqhudelwaneni we-Dubai Tennis Championships, uFederer wanqoba isicoco sakhe se-100 se-Career Singles, eshaya uTsitsipas ngamasethi alinganayo emdlalweni wokugcina. Kwakuyisihloko sakhe sesishiyagalombili eDubai futhi waba ngowesibili kuphela ngemuva kukaJimmy Connors ukufinyelela uphawu lwamadijithi amathathu ku-Open Era. UFederer wabe esefinyelela kowamanqamu we-2019 Indian Wells Masters lapho elahlekelwe khona nguDominic Thiem ngamasethi amathathu. NgoMashi 31, uFederer wanqoba uJohn Isner e-2019 Miami Open kuma-straight sets ukuze anqobe isicoco sakhe sesine seMiami Open kanye nesicoco sakhe sama-28 seMasters. UFederer wabe esedlala umqhudelwano wakhe wokuqala enkundleni yobumba eminyakeni emithathu eMadrid Open ka-2019 futhi waqinisekisa ukunqoba kwakhe kwe-1200th emsebenzini, eshaya uGaël Monfils emzuliswaneni wesithathu. Kuma-quarterfinal waphinde wahlulwa nguDominic Thiem ngezesethi ezintathu, naphezu kokuba namaphuzu amabili omdlalo kusethi yesibili. UFederer wabe esedlala e-Italian Open futhi wafinyelela kuma-quarterfinals kodwa waphoqeleka ukuba ahoxe emdlalweni wakhe wama-quarterfinal ngokumelene noStefanos Tsitsipas ngenxa yokulimala komlenze ongakwesokudla.  UFederer wabe esedlala eFrench Open okokuqala eminyakeni emine futhi waba ngowesithathu ekudwebeni. UFederer uzuze ukunqoba okuthokozisayo ngokumelene noLorenzo Sonego, u-Oscar Otte, uCasper Ruud noLeonardo Mayer ukuze afinyelele kuma-quarterfinals, lapho abhekana khona nomngani wakhe omuhle nozakwabo uStan Wawrinka. UFederer ukwazile ukuziphindiselela ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe nguWawrinka esigabeni esifanayo somqhudelwano eminyakeni emi-4 eyedlule, ngokuwina amasethi ama-4 ngemuva kwamahora ama-3 nemizuzu engama-35. Ngokunqoba, uFederer ubuyele kuma-semifinal e-French Open okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2012, lapho elahlekelwe khona ngumdlali ophethe isicoco futhi ongumpetha izikhathi eziyi-11 uRafael Nadal ngamasethi alandelanayo.  UFederer wabe eseqala isizini yakhe yasenkantolo yotshani eHalle Open lapho athola khona isicoco sakhe seshumi kulo mcimbi, ehlula uDavid Goffin ekugcineni ngamasethi alinganayo. Lokhu kwaphawula isikhathi sokuqala lapho uFederer anqoba khona umqhudelwano wabangashadile izikhathi eziyishumi noma ngaphezulu. EWimbledon, uRoger Federer wafinyelela irekhodi lakhe lokugcina le-12 kulo mqhudelwano ngemuva kokukhipha isitha sakhe uRafael Nadal ngamasethi amane kumdlalo wamanqamu; ngaleyo ndlela, ephindisela ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe ngaphambili eFrance Open. Lesi kwakuyisikhathi sokuqala uFederer edlala noNadal eWimbledon kusukela ngo-2008 eWimbledon, umdlalo abanye abawubheka njengomdlalo omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni wethenisi. UFederer wabe esebhekene noNovak Djokovic ekugcineni, ngokumelene naye walahlekelwa yi-thriller yesethi emihlanu eyathatha amahora ama-4 nemizuzu engama-57, naphezu kokuba namaphuzu amabili e-championship ekukhonzeni kusethi yesihlanu. Lo mdlalo ubuye uphawule okokuqala ukuthi kudlalwe i-tie-breaker yesethi yesihlanu emidlalweni eyi-12 yonke eyamadoda futhi kwaba ngumdlalo wokugcina wabesilisa omude kunayo yonke emlandweni weWimbledon.  UFederer wabe esedlala ku-2019 Cincinnati Masters futhi wafika emzuliswaneni wesithathu lapho elahlekelwe khona ngamasethi aqondile ku-Andrey Rublev. Lokhu kwaba ukunqotshwa kwakhe okusheshayo eminyakeni engu-16, kwathatha imizuzu engu-62 nje kuphela. Emqhudelwaneni we-2019 US Open, wabekwa endaweni yesithathu. Ulahle isethi yokuqala ngokumelene noSumit Nagal noDamir Džumhur emizuzwini emibili yokuqala, kodwa wakhipha amaqoqo aqondile anengqondo ngokumelene noDan Evans noDavid Goffin emzuliswaneni wesithathu nowesine. Kuma-quarterfinals, wabhekana noGrigor Dimitrov, owayebekwe endaweni engu-78 engena emqhudelwaneni. Naphezu kokuhola amasethi amabili kuya kwelilodwa, uFederer wagcina elahlekelwe ngumdlalo ngamasethi amahlanu. Emqhudelwaneni we-2019 Shanghai Masters, uFederer wanqoba uDavid Goffin ngamasethi alinganayo ukuze afinyelele kuma-quarterfinals. Kodwa-ke, walahlekelwa yi-quarterfinal ku-Alexander Zverev amasethi amathathu.  UFederer uthuthukele eSwitzerland Indoors njengompetha ophethe kabili. Umdlalo wakhe wokuqala, ngokumelene noPeter Gojowczyk, wawuphawuleka ngokuba ngumdlalo we-1500th womsebenzi wakhe. Emdlalweni wokugcina, wanqoba u-Alex de Minaur ngamasethi aqondile ukuthola irekhodi lokunweba isihloko seshumi seSwitzerland Indoors. UFederer wabe esedlala eqenjini likaBjörn Borg kuma-2019 ATP Finals lapho e-round robin, walahlekelwa ngumdlalo wakhe wokuqala kuDominic Thiem kusethi eqondile kodwa washaya uMatteo Berrettini noDjokovic (ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala phezu kukaDjokovic kusukela ngo-2015) kusethi eqondile ukuze afanelekele ama-semifinals. Wabe esehlulwa eSemifinal nguStefanos Tsitsipas ngamasethi alinganayo.  2020: Ama-semifinals e-Australian Open nokuhlinzwa kwamadolo kwesokudla UFederer waqala isizini yakhe ka-2020 e-Australian Open ka-2020. Ufinyelele kuma-semifinals ngemuva kokunqoba amasethi alandelanayo kuSteve Johnson noFilip Krajinović, ukunqoba amasethi amahlanu kuJohn Millman nokunqoba amasethi amane kuMarton Fucsovics. UFederer wasindisa amaphuzu ayisikhombisa emdlalweni ngesikhathi enqoba uTennys Sandgren amasethi amahlanu. UFederer wabe eselahlekelwa umdlalo wakhe wokugcina kuDjokovic ngamasethi aqondile, ngemuva kokulimala emathunjini ekuqaleni komqhudelwano. NgoFebhuwari, uFederer wahlinzwa i-arthroscopic ngenxa yokulimala kwamadolo kwesokudla futhi kamuva washiya i-Dubai Championships, i-Indian Wells, i-Miami Open, ne-French Open ukuze anikeze isikhathi sokuba idolo lakhe lilulame, ememezela ukuthi uzobuya ngesizini yotshani. NgoJuni 10, ngenxa yokubuyela emuva ekuvuseleleni kwakhe kokuqala ngenxa yokulimala kwamadolo ahlangabezane nakho ekuqaleni konyaka, uFederer wamemezela ukuthi kufanele enze inqubo eyengeziwe ye-arthroscopic edolweni lakhe langakwesokudla. Uvale ngokusemthethweni isizini yakhe ukuze athathe isikhathi esidingekayo sokululama, efunga ukuthi uzobuya ngo-2021. Lona kwakuwunyaka wesibili kuphela empilweni kaFederer selokhu athola isicoco sakhe sokuqala aqeda ngaphandle kwesicoco.  2021: I-Wimbledon quarterfinal kanye nomdlalo wokugcina, ukulimala NgoJanuwari, uFederer washiya i-Australian Open ka-2021 ngenxa yokuthi wayesalulama ekuhlinzekweni edolweni nasezinyathelweni eziqinile zokuvalelwa kwe-COVID-19 e-Australia. Ngomhlaka-8 Mashi, uNovak Djokovic wamdlula ngezimpelasonto eziningi zomsebenzi ezichithwe njengomdlali we-ATP ongunombolo 1. NgoMashi 10, wabuyela ku-ATP Tour eQatar Open. Unqobe umdlalo wakhe wokuqala we-ATP ezinyangeni eziyi-14 ngokumelene noDan Evans, kodwa wahlulwa nguNikoloz Basilashvili kuma-quarterfinals.  UFederer wabe esedlala eGeneva Open lapho elahlekelwe khona umdlalo wakhe wokuqala kuPablo Andújar amasethi amathathu. Ngemuva kokunqoba uDominik Koepfer waseJalimane amasethi amane emzuliswaneni wesithathu, uFederer wadlulela emzuliswaneni wesine eFrench Open. Kodwa-ke, uhoxe kulo mqhudelwano ngaphambi komdlalo wakhe womzuliswano wesine ecaphuna izinkinga zamadolo, wanikeza uMatteo Berrettini wase-Italy ithuba lokuhamba.  Ngo-2021 eHalle Open lapho ayethulwe khona endaweni yesihlanu, wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wesibili nguFélix Auger-Aliassime. UFederer wayedlala okokuqala ngokumelene nalo mdlali oneminyaka engu-20. Umehluko weminyaka yabo engu-19 wawuwumkhulu kunayo yonke emidlalweni engu-1 521 kaFederer. Lokhu kwaba ukuphuma okusheshayo kulo mqhudelwano kukaFederer owayefuna ukunqoba umdlalo wakhe wama-70 eHalle, kanye ne-18th quarterfinal kulo mcimbi ekubukekeni okuningi. E-Wimbledon, uFederer oneminyaka engu-39 ubudala wadlulela kuma-quarterfinals futhi ngaleyo ndlela waba ngumdlali omdala kunabo bonke owake wafika kuma-quarterfinals e-Wimbledon ku-Open Era, ephula irekhodi elaliphethwe nguKen Rosewall, kulandela ukunqoba u-Adrian Mannarino ngokudonsa umhlalaphansi, uRichard Gasquet, imbewu engu-29 uCameron Norrie, no-23 imbewu uLorenzo Sonego. Kodwa-ke, wabe esecasulwa ngu-14th seed Hubert Hurkacz kuma-quarterfinal ngamasethi aqondile. Lesi kwakuyisikhathi sokuqala eminyakeni engu-19 eWimbledon ukuthi alahlekelwe amasethi alandelanayo, futhi bekuyisikhathi sesibili kuphela ukuthi alahlekelwe isethi engu-6-0 ngekhulu lama-21 (isikhathi esedlule besilwa noNadal kumdlalo wokugcina we-2008 French Open).  Ngo-Agasti 15, uFederer umemezele ukuthi uphinde wahlinzwa idolo ngemuva kokulimala okwengeziwe ngesikhathi senkathi yetshani. Uhoxile ku-US Open futhi wathi uzoba ngaphandle kohambo "izinyanga eziningi", kodwa unethemba lokubuyela ohambweni ngo-2022.  2022: Ukuthatha umhlalaphansi nokuvalelisa kanye nezimbangi UFederer akazange adlale ngemuva kweWimbledon 2021, futhi waphuma kwabangu-50 abaphambili ngoJuni 13, 2022. Ngo-11 Julayi 2022, waba unranked okokuqala ngqa selokhu aqala ukusebenza.  Kodwa-ke, uFederer umemezele ukuthi uzobuyela eTour ngo-2022 Laver Cup ngoSepthemba. Ngomhlaka-15 Septhemba 2022, wamemezela umhlalaphansi wakhe oseduze kusuka kuthenisi lochwepheshe ku-ATP Tour, ephawula ukuthi iLaver Cup kuzoba umcimbi wakhe wokugcina we-ATP. Wathi "ngokuqinisekile uzodlala ithenisi ngokwengeziwe esikhathini esizayo, kodwa ngeke nje adlale kuma-Grand Slam noma ohambweni". Umdlalo wakhe wokugcina waphumela ekulahlekelweni kwe-doubles ebambisene nomphikisi wakhe wesikhathi eside nomngani uRafael Nadal, ngokumelene noJack Sock noFrances Tiafoe. Lo mdlalo wawuwumdlalo wakhe wesi-1750 kulolu hambo.
Umdlalo wamanqamu wabesilisa ka-2019 kwaba owamanqamu omude kunayo yonke emlandweni weWimbledon, owathatha amahora amane nemizuzu engama-57. URoger Federer wabhekana noNovak Djokovic kulo mdlalo futhi wahlulwa nguye ngamasethi amahlanu.