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Anna Wintour, the vogue of fashion, was back in the box Roger Federer Tuesday night for his quarterfinal of the American Open against Grigor Dimitrov, wearing his black sunglasses.
Maybe this time, Wintour shed a tear behind his glasses as Federer's fanatic watched him collapse at Flushing as midnight drew closer.
It's time. Paternal time. The 38-year-old Swiss maestro looked more like the Swiss mess in the fifth set, when Dimitrov took a 4-0 lead. Nobody wanted to be upset, except for the scattered Bulgarian supporters, dressed in green and red, who encouraged their compatriot, Dimitrov.
The drought of Federer in Vlissingen continued. He won for the last time at the Open in 2008, when Donald Trump was a regular participant in his own sequel.
After the fourth set, Federer took a 10-minute medical stop, heading to the back for upper back and neck treatment. Federer said that he had started playing this afternoon.
"You just have to try to loosen it, break it and see if it's going to get any better," Federer said. "I fought with what I had."
It was not much. Dimitrov led 6-2 in the last set. Federer seemed to be idling, missing easy shots at the top of the net while Dimitrov controlled many basic exchanges. It was already seen, recalling that John Millman had hit Flushing's Federer in the fourth round of last September. Federer lost his aura here.
The loss in the quarter-finals once again highlights the question of how much time remains in Federer. Written before, he made a series of returns.
"Do I think I'll have more opportunities?" Said Federer to the question of whether he could win another Grand Slam title at age 38 and over. "I do not have the crystal ball. Do you?
"So we never know. I hope of course. I think the season has been positive. Disappointing now, but I'll get up, everything will be fine. … I felt it all the time. That's all. I could play with it. My pain not to win. "
Federer read his schedule for the rest of the year on demand. He will play the novel Laver Cup at the end of September in his native Switzerland, then a test in his hometown of Basel, ATP indoors in Paris and the final of the ATP season at London.
"It's the program for the moment," Federer said late Tuesday night. "I do not know if the team has other ideas or not. I'm happy to take a break now, go back to practice, reevaluate and attack from there. "
When it was announced a year ago, the Laver Cup would take place in Geneva, Switzerland, it seemed an ideal way to say goodbye to this sport, which is his best player. The Laver Cup, created by his agent Tony Godsick, pits Europe against the World in team format.
Unfortunately, such a dramatic release will not appear on the horizon, although Federer said at the big announcement of his retirement, that it would come without notice, without advice.
The Open works, but Novak Djokovic, who has bare shoulders, did not stop two of the Big Three on Sunday in the third set against Stan Wawrinka, two sets and a break.
Federer had too much class to leave in the fifth set of Dimitrov, dropped from the card (ranked 78th) after being called "Baby Federer", but could have a new life under his new guard, Andre Agassi.
While Rafael Nadal was fighting Wednesday night for a place in the semifinals, the absence of Federer and Djokovic is a reminder of the golden age of Big 3 that will not last forever.
When they finish, men's tennis could be boring, especially if no American men emerge. (They all disappeared at the end of the third round)
Andy Roddick is the last American to win a Grand Slam – the 2003 US Open.
"As long as the Big 3 are present, the night sessions at Arthur Ashe are covered," Roddick told The Post. "They sell Mason, Ohio, in the middle of summer. Once these guys go on to something else, there will be a real void of star power and cross call. When the big 3 pass, the need will be greater [for Americans]. ''
Roddick thinks that it is "equal fairness" that is found with most Grand Slam titles among the Trio Grande. Federer is leading with 20, Nadal could arrive at 19 here on Sunday. Djokovic climbs to 16 years.
If Federer still wants to play next year and remain honest at 39, he hopes it will be his last round.
Nobody wants to see this tennis artist, five-time champion of the US Open, stroll around Flushing at 40. We saw Willie Mays do it on the street as Met and it was not pretty.
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