Federer talks up Wimbledon chances

On June 24, 2012

Six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer believes he has a good chance of reclaiming his SW19 crown from Novak Djokovic this year.

Roger Federer dominated Wimbledon for nearly a decade.

Federer, who is 9/2 to win Wimbledon, hasn’t lifted the famous gold trophy since 2009 and was last year dumped out by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals on the grass.

The Swiss star has since seen his position as king of Wimbledon usurped by Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, who have shared the last nine grand slams between them in total.

Federer has seen his hopes of a 16th slam this year ended in the semi-finals at both of the majors to date, Nadal getting the better of him in Australia while Djokovic bested him in France.

Despite his love for grass Federer is now past the 30 mark and was recently upset in the final of the Halle tournament in Germany by Tommy Haas.

Although he hasn’t had an ideal build-up to Wimbledon, the world number three remains confident he can win a seventh title on the grass.

“My confidence is very good. I’ve won many tournaments, so many matches the last year or so that I feel perfect in this regard,” Federer said.

“I’m match fit and I’m match tough right now. That’s also key going into a grand slam. The hunger is obviously big. I don’t think I need to elaborate too much on that.

“I’ve explained many times how hungry and motivated I am to be playing, playing at this high level, wanting to win the big tournaments.”

Federer begins his Wimbledon on Monday against Albert Ramos and is 1/150 to reach the second round, with his opponent 28/1 to cause a major upset.