Roger Federer is all set to play his final match in skilled tennis when he’ll group up along with his longtime rival Rafael Nadal for Team Europe in opposition to the Team World doubles pairing of Frances Tiafoe and Jacques Sock on Friday.
But earlier than his remaining swansong, the Swiss maestro uploaded a video of himself in his tuxedo. He captioned it: “Just a quick warmup before the gala.”
Just a fast warmup earlier than the gala pic.twitter.com/U4udl8hKV4
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) 22 September 2022
Roger Federer will be seen taking part in desk tennis with Team World’s Diego Schwartzman earlier than the beginning of the Laver Cup.
Federer is ending his taking part in days after a number of operations on his proper knee. He has not competed since his quarterfinal loss to Hubert Herkaz at Wimbledon in July 2021.
In February this yr, when it was revealed that Federer could be in London this week, he mentioned that Nadal had messaged him asking them to play doubles collectively once more. They teamed as much as win the doubles match throughout the first Laver Cup in 2017.
“I’m not sure I can handle it all. But I’ll try,” Federer, 41, mentioned of his decidedly emotional on-court farewell to No. 1 after tons of of weeks of 20 main championships, 103 match titles in complete and Said in. 1 / 4 of a century as an expert tennis participant.
“Sitting here,” Federer mentioned at a group information convention on Thursday, with Nadal, who’s 36, to his left, and Djokovic and Murray, each 35, a few seats to his proper, “it feels good. That I go first with the boys. It just feels right.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
