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Laver Cup: Roger Federer's last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal
Updated On: 24 September, 2022 11:50 AM IST | London | AP
Roger Federer bid adieu to tennis with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative career that included 20 Grand Slam titles and a statesman`s role
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Switzerland`s Roger Federer (L) and Spain`s Rafael Nadal (R) of Team Europe share a joke, playing against USA`s Jack Sock and USA`s Frances Tiafoe of Team World during their 2022 Laver Cup men`s doubles tennis match at the O2 Arena in London. Photo/AFP
This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative career that included 20 Grand Slam titles and a statesman`s role. He wrapped up his days as a professional player with a loss in doubles alongside his longtime rival Rafael Nadal for Team Europe in the Laver Cup against Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock of Team World.
The truth is that the victors, the statistics and the score (OK, for the record it was 4-6, 7-6 (2), 11-9) did not matter, and were all so entirely beside the point. The occasion was, after all, about the farewell itself. Or, better, the farewells, plural: Federer`s to tennis, to the fans, to his competitors and colleagues. And, naturally, each of those entities` farewells to Federer. When the match, and with it his time in professionl tennis, ended, Federer hugged Nadal, then Tiafoe and Sock. And then Federer began crying as he went to greet the other members of Team Europe. As cascades of clapping and yells of affection came from the stands, Federer put his hands on his hips, his chest heaving.
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