Returning to the Top 10
The 2016 season, which saw both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal injured and sidelined for much of the season, marked the first year in over a decade that neither of the former No. 1s were in the top four.
Federer first became a top 4 player in 2003, followed in 2005 by his Spanish arch-rival Nadal – and at least one of the them has remained in the Top Four ever since.
The Swiss had a 10-year consecutive stint in the ATP top 10, then spending the better part of a year outside it in 2013, following which he returned to the top 10 and remained ever since – until the end of the 2016 season, which saw him drop to 17.
A string of good results for Federer could easily see him return to the top 10, and given the form that he has put on display so far, he could well pull it together just as he did the last time he saw a significant injury-related layoff.
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