Roger Federer: the unexpected turn of his last match as a professional tennis player

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Roger Federer retires from tennis after a successful 24-year career

The Swiss tennis player had to give a rudder because of his physical problems.

Roger Federer He will bid farewell to professional tennis on Friday with a doubles match at the Laver Cup and will not play singles matches during the tournament.

Federer won’t play singles

The one from Basel, who landed in London on Monday, trained today at the O2 facilities, where he was champion of the Masters Cup in 2010 and 2011, before what will be the last tournament of his professional career.

In the afternoon, Federer gave a press conference to Swiss media in which he detailed what his role will be in the competition.

“I will not be able to play singles matches, this was quite clear. That’s why it was not an option to play the Basel tournament in October. I will probably play doubles here on Friday night and that’s it. I asked our captain, Bjorn Borg, if it was okay for me to do that and he told me I could do whatever I wanted.”

One of the possibilities is that Federer disputes that doubles match with Rafael Nadalas happened in the 2017 edition, in an iconic image for the sport since, for the first time in history, two of the best tennis players shared the court.

At the press conference, Federer, who announced his retirement last week, said that the last set played against Hubert Hurkacz at Wimbledon 2021 -which he lost 6-0- was the worst hour of his career and that he realized there that the knee was not working.

“The disappointment of that was like fireworks in my head. When I came back last year I was so far from my 100%, that’s why I find it unbelievable that I made it to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon,” Federer said.