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Roger Federer is back to Where he belongs – No 1 Ranked Player in the World

Federer lost his No1 ranking in June 2010 . It took him a good two years and lot of hard work to climb back to the No 1 ranking after his Wimbledon 2012 win. The All England Lawn Tennis tournament 2012 had great hopes for Federer and his rival in the final Andy Murray. While a Federer win would create a 7 -17 -1 record ( Seven Wimbledon titles , 17 Grand Slam wins and the No1 ranking ) , a Murray win, it would end the wait of 76 years for the British to see a home winner.( For a change , the crowd was not with Federer who is well liked and loved at Wimbledon) .Murray carried this great hopes in to the final only to be denied and the British hopes now would move to 77 years ! The path to the final was somewhat made easy by the early shock exit of Nadal. . Federer had a turbulent third round against Frenchman Julien Benneteau. The Frenchman played unbelievable tennis , returning so well and finding winners at will and he was up Two sets to love against Federer before Federer dug deep an