Is 2020 the year Nadal nudges Federer into retirement?

Several retirement rumours and hints have been dropped since that close Wimbledon final against Djokovic.

It has been widely speculated now that what might be keeping Federer going even at this age could be his ultimate quest for most Grand Slams. Federer wants to keep fighting till the end to preserve his lead till the day he finds himself competitive. And like Nadal finds solace and a favourite tag irrespective of current and past performances at Roland Garros, Federer will always fight for the honours at Wimbledon. While his decision to return to French Open after a 3-year sabbatical proved extremely successful with a run to semis followed by a heart wrenching loss in tie-breaker in a one-for-the-ages Wimbledon final, it showed a deviation from his attempt to preserve his body and condition it to play fewer events at his best possible physical condition. So if Nadal does catch up soon, which Federer himself recently admitted both Nadal and Djokovic will do 'obviously', he might reconsider his retirement plans at the end of the year and we might end up crowning a new 'greatest of all time' and bidding adieu to another. It will always be impossible to say which of them is the pretender.