Federer retires from tennis: follow LIVE the goodbye of the Swiss with Rafa Nadal

Roger Federer, adored by some, respected by all, this Friday will put an end to almost 25 years of an exceptional tennis career, with a final match alongside his great rival and friend Rafael Nadal, at the Laver Cup in London.

“I don’t know if I can manage all this”, admitted the 41-year-old Swiss on Thursday at a press conferencewhen asked if he was afraid that emotion would overwhelm him at different key moments of this unique day.

“In the past I had very hard moments, sometimes I was horribly nervous, before matches over the course of all these years,” he added. With 157 finals in his career, 31 of them in Grand Slam (20 titles), you would think that
Federer has enough experience not to get tense. But the fact that that stage fright never went away also explains the longevity and success of his career.

“I could really come in every time and say ‘I hope to win this tournament’ for, I don’t know, 15 years or more. That’s been a privilege,” he acknowledged.

Now, there is no time for more.Follow the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal vs. Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock from the Laver Cup 2022 LIVE.

Federer’s last dance

The game is scheduled for around 3:10 pm Colombian time.

The match will start as soon as the singles matchup between Murray and de Minaur is over.

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