Breaking Down What Must Happen for Roger Federer to Secure 2nd French Open Title

Roger Federer isn’t too old to win the 2013 French Open.

The Swiss superstar will turn 32 years old in August. Roland Garros historically hates Federer. He’s only won one grand slam there compared to four Australian Open, five U.S. Open and seven Wimbledon singles titles.

Nevertheless, this year Federer has phenomenal odds to hoist The Musketeers' Trophy.

He may or may not have yawned on his way to a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Pablo Carreno-Busta in the first round on Sunday and there’s no reason to believe Federer won’t advance past Somdev Devvarman with a similar level of ease in the second. Effortless success against inferior talent won’t directly translate to a French Open triumph, but the combination of a hot streak and matchups against anyone not named Rafael Nadal in the final could.

Federer won the 2009 French Open because he dodged Nadal who fell to Robin Soderling in Round 4. Rafa just embarrassed Federer on clay in the Italian Open final by the score of 6-1, 6-3, but luckily for the Swiss star, he’s on the opposite side of the bracket as the Spaniard in France. In order to get to Federer, Nadal must first beat ATP World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Rafa won eight-straight Monte-Carlo Masters titles before Djoker defeated him in April on the Roquebrune-Cap-Martin clay. Nadal needed four sets to advance past Germany’s Daniel Brands in the first round of the French Open so a second-straight Djokovic victory over the Spaniard should shock no one.

News of such a streak would be music to Federer’s ears, as he has defeated the Serbian two of the last three times, including a victory at Wimbledon 2012.

Critics are writing off Federer to win just his second French Open title, but he could easily shut them up.

David Daniels is a breaking news writer at Bleacher Report and a news editor at Wade-O Radio.

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