Roger Federer, the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles and one of many best tennis gamers of all time, has introduced his retirement from the game, saying subsequent week’s Laver Cup will probably be his final ATP match. “Next month the Laver Cup will be my last ATP Tour event. I will not play in the Grand Slam or the Tour anymore,” stated Roger Federer.
“I have worked hard to return to full competitive form. But I also know the potential and limits of my body. I am 41 years old and have played more than 1500 matches in 24 years. Tennis has treated me more generously than I could have ever dreamed of and I have to recognize when to end my competitive career. Of course, I will play more tennis, but not in Grand Slams and tour. It is a bitter-sweet decision,” he stated.
To my tennis household and past,
with love,
Aarey pic.twitter.com/1UISwK1NIN— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) September 15, 2022
He stated, ‘I’ll keep in mind what the tour has given me. But on the identical time, there’s a lot to have fun. I think about myself one of many luckiest folks on earth. I used to be given a particular expertise to play tennis, and I did it on a degree I by no means imagined, for longer than I ever imagined,” he added in his Twitter publish.
Federer, who dominated males’s tennis after profitable his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003, has been tormented by accidents in recent times.
He has had three knee operations previously two years and his final aggressive match was a quarter-final loss towards Poland’s Hubert Herkaz on the 2021 Wimbledon.
Federer has introduced that he plans to return to tour when he joins longtime rival and buddy Rafa Nadal to play doubles on the Laver Cup in London.
He had additionally deliberate to play within the Swiss Indoor Tournament at house in Basel.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
