Roger Federer and Serena Williamstwo world tennis legends, two historical, decided in this 2022 to end their successful sports careers.
First it was Serena who announced that the US Open would be her last challenge to end her career. The American had a great exhibition in the tournament and when she was eliminated she confirmed that it would be very difficult to change her mind.
And shortly after such an announcement, another one hit sports fans. This Thursday the Swiss Roger Federer stated that the time has come for competitive retirement.
The world of tennis is shocked by the professional goodbye of two of its greatest figures in history, and both almost simultaneously.
Federer’s goodbye
Adulated, Roger Federer, who announced his retirement on Thursday, wrote some of the most beautiful pages in the history of tennis, a sport that marked forever with his twenty Grand Slam titles, his brilliant strokes and his elegance.
Is he the best player of all time? In number of important titles, two other champions surpass him: Rafael Nadal, his great rival, who has 22, and Novak Djokovic, who has achieved 21. But beyond those figures, in hearts, the Swiss will remain number one in almost everything.
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At Wimbledon, his favorite venue, where he won eight times, at Roland-Garros, where the public breathed a sigh of relief to see him complete his collection of Grand Slams in 2009, and at all the tournaments where his fans unconditionally supported him, sometimes against their own countrymen.
And it is that Federer had all the attributes of the ideal champion, a game that no one could match, aesthetic, offensive, that excited because of the risks involved and the fear that made viewers in love with his tennis pass by. The style opposition with Nadal made their rivalry a legend, which was accompanied by a great friendship between them.
Serena is leaving too
Struggle and passion: these are the words that Serena Williams chose to define her career.
And the American legend put what could be the end of his career with further proof of that, by surrendering to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in the US Open after an epic battle of more than three hours, the longest of his career in New York.
Serena Williams (Saginaw, Michigan, September 26, 1981) leaves tennis being considered the greatest of all time, capable of conquering 73 titles and 23 ‘great‘, but above all to break down social barriers and inspire a new generation of stars with his charisma.
His first title at the US Open came in 1999 and this Friday, 23 years later, the track Arthur Ashe it was filled to the last seat to attend the ‘last dance’ of the American legend.
Serena transferred that success to other fields becoming a businesswoman with a fortune estimated by Forbes at 260 million dollars.
His final match set the all-time attendance record for a day at the US Open and Williams honored the commitment to the end.
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