the swiss roger Federer confirmed this Sunday his presence in the 2023 Laver Cup, although not as a player.
“I will be there, but in a different position,” said Federer, who He retired this weekend from professional tennis after a 24-year career.
The Helvetian is a promoter of the competition together with his representative agency TEAM8 and has been present at each edition. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 as a player, and in 2021 in the stands, since knee injuries did not allow him to play.
The edition of 2023 of the Laver Cup will be played in Vancouver (Canada) from September 22 to 24.
The Swiss said goodbye to tennis in one of the houses that he has been leaving throughout his 24-year careerthe one in which he won eight Wimbledons, more than any other man in history, and in which he crowned two Master’s Cups.
This time the prize was not a title, The O2 sold out the 20,000 tickets available to celebrate the Swiss’ goodbye. While the stands were covered in blue and red, the colors of Europe and the Rest of the World in the Laver, the first tears dawned. Lynette, mother of the genius and transmitter of her backhand to one hand, shed the first cry of the night. He wouldn’t be the only one.
The messages were discovered: “Do not go”. “Never retire.” “Tennis won’t be the same without you.” The melancholy, the sadness, the love for a unique tennis player merged in a bucolic setting in which the least important thing was the result.
As master of ceremonies was Edberg, Federer’s youth idol and whom he met when he was still a ball boy in Switzerland, Laver presided over the stands, Bjorn Borg, whose challenges were destroyed by Federer, watched him from the bench, John McEnroe almost wanted his pupils will not win, Djokovic gave them advice between changes, and next to Federer, with a mischievous smile, Nadal appeared.
