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RF - 20 Grand Slams

Roger Federer’s last grand slam win before the start of the 2017 season was in 2012 at  Wimbledon – He did get to the finals  of the Grand Slam events in 2013/14/15 but there was no Winner Trophythat he could lay his hand on. So the expectation of many fans including me for the 2017 season was very modest . I thought he will announce his retirement with the 17 Grand Slam wins that he won till 2012.  Not to be – 2017 was an outstanding year for Federer – he won two out of the three Grand Slam tournaments that he competed in – he tactically skipped the French Open to save his knees from the clay court endurance – Went on to Wimbledon easily  and was favorite to win the US but lost in the Quarters to Del Potro and ended the year at No 2 ranking skipping a tournament that if he had participated and won would have taken him back to the No 1 world ranking – For a 35 year old, this deed on the  tennis court was remarkable – The turnaround was the start of the year Aus Open where he defe