Roger Federer will play his last match as a professional on FridayHalftime

the swiss Roger Federer will bid farewell to professional tennis on Friday with a doubles match at the Making Cup and will not play individual matches during the tournament.

the of Baselwhich landed this Monday in Londontrained today at the facilities of the O2where he was champion of the Masters Cup in 2010 and 2011, before what will be the last tournament of his professional career.

In the afternoon, Federer gave a press conference to Swiss media in which he detailed what his role will be in the competition.

“I will not be able to play individual matches, this was pretty clear. That is why it was not an option to play the Basel tournament in October. I’ll probably play doubles here on Friday night and that’s it.. I asked our captain, Bjorn Borgyes it was okay for me to do that and he told me I could do whatever I wanted.

One of the possibilities is that Federer play that doubles match with Rafael Nadalas happened in the 2017 edition, in an iconic image for the sport since, for the first time in history, two of the best tennis players shared the court.

In the press conference, Federer, who announced his retirement last week, said that the last set played against Hubert Hurkacz in Wimbledon 2021 -which he lost 6-0- was the worst hour of his career and that’s when he realized that the knee was not working.

“The disappointment of that was like fireworks in my head. when i came back last year I was very far from my 100%that’s why it seems incredible to me that he reached the quarterfinals in WimbledonFederer said.

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