Roger Federer: 5 Reasons He's Officially on the Way Down Heading into U.S. Open

Roger Federer's exit at the quarterfinals stage of Wimbledon for the second year running has added fuel to the debate as to whether the 16-time Grand Slam champion is on the decline.

Ever since he won his first Grand Slam at the All-England Club back in 2003, Roger has never gone a calendar year without winning a major.

After making a semifinal, final and quarterfinal appearance at the three majors completed thus far, Federer has one last chance at the U.S. Open to avoid breaking his remarkable streak.

But can he do it?

In the Wimbledon quarterfinal match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last month, Federer surrendered a two-set lead only for the third time in his career, and for the first time in 179 Grand Slam matches.

The untouchable aura he had around him is long gone and his vulnerability quotient seems to be increasing steadily.

Being a huge Federer fan, it pains me immensely to gulp down the fact that the once-unsurpassable Fed Express is slowly running out of steam.

Here's five reasons I think so:

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