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Tennis news: Roger Federer admits he 'stopped believing' he could come back
Updated On: 21 September, 2022 03:32 PM IST | London | AFP
Roger Federer said that he decided to retire because he "stopped believing" he could continue playing after a series of injuries.
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Roger Federer said that he decided to retire because he "stopped believing" he could continue playing after a series of injuries. The 20-time Grand Slam champion announced last Thursday he would be retiring from competitive tennis after a final appearance at the Laver Cup in London this week. Federer last played on tour more than a year ago, at Wimbledon in 2021, after which he required knee surgery for the third time.
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"The last three years have been tough to say the least," the 41-year-old Swiss great told BBC television. "I knew I was on very thin ice for the last year ever since I played Wimbledon," added Federer, who last won a Grand Slam at the 2018 Australian Open. "I tried to come back but there was a limit to what I could do. And I stopped believing in it, to be honest."
Federer had hoped to be back playing full-time in 2022 but said a scan a few months ago had been "not what I was hoping for". "Very quickly we realised this was it. Then the question becomes: how do you announce and when do you announce? "It`s been an emotional few weeks to go through those words to try to get them right, that they reflect how I`m feeling and thanking all the people who have helped along the way," he said. The Laver Cup team event in London from Friday will give Federer a final chance to play competitively as part of the "Big Four" who dominated tennis over the past two decades.
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