Federer's a long shot to the top

Tennis season for 2011 is almost half way.  Two players have been claiming titles like pancakes and making headlines.  Surprisingly, Federer was not among them.

Novak Djokovic, the guy who beat Federer in the Australian Open semis, is playing 'Roger' of old and like a man possessed right from the start of 2011.  He eventually won the first grand slam of the year demolishing Andy Murray.  After four months, he was able to capture five more titles, holding a 35-0 win lose card, beating Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in four of his five titles convincingly.  With the way he is playing now, it is just a matter of time when he can dethrone Nadal from the top.

The other player of course is the current number one player in the world.  Nadal is no push over either even though Djokovic has been his worst nightmare on their three previous meetings.  While Djokovic has been doing most of the damage as of late, Nadal is still in solid form caputring two clay court titles over Spanish compatriot David Ferrer.  But the biggest hurdle for him right now is to figure out the Djokovic puzzle to cling to his number one spot.

With two younger, fresher players playing very solid in 2011, it would take Federer more than his talent to regain his tennis supremacy over the years.  Time is not on his side and now, even records show that his dominance in tennis is already a thing of the past.  He need to pull out all his bag of tricks if he still has any left.  One win againsts any of the two above will surely regain some confidence and keep the fire burning.  He has more puzzles to figure out than Nadal, and he better figure them out before another player kicks him out of the top three ATP rankings.