Takao Suzuki, general director ofthe NationalInstitute of GeriatricsandGerontologyin Nagoya, believes thatJapan's almostperfectliteracy rateis alsoafactor.
Federer had struggled to beat 1, 078th-ranked Japanese player TakaoSuzuki on Friday when he was briefly in danger of suffering the worst defeat by a world number one in ATP Tour history.