Lto roger’s trajectory Federer on the Making Cup what will mean his goodbye to tennis will be forced short. Physical conditions mean that the first of the Big Three, number 1 in the world and winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, is not in the physical condition to play an individual, so playing one of the doubleprobably the one to close the day on Friday.
“Maybe I can play doubles with Rafathat would be an absolute dream”, said Federer, in statements collected by SRF News. Rafael Nadal, also a member of the ‘big three’ and linked to Roger by a relationship of amistad, already played one of the doubles at the 2017 Laver Cup, the first edition of the tournament. The decision for Roger to play alongside Rafa would be Bjorn’s Borgcaptain of the European team together with Thomas Enqvist, who today has expressed his admiration for Roger, as practically everyone present in London.
Roger has stated that the decision to retire was made not too long ago. During his visit to Wimbledon past he still thought he might play a few more tournaments, but further exploration of his knee right dashed his hopes: “It can’t be that he’s trying to run after something that’s no longer realist“.
Roger also declared that he feels proud “to have played for so long and to have so many followers” and reflected that “to be number 1 you have to give a lot, give up a lot. But in return I was able to travel all over the world and meet interesting people and cultures.”
