Roger Federer, Swiss tennis legend and 20 grand slams winner, has publicly announced that he will retire after next week’s Laver Cup in London. The swiss player said, “I must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career.”
Aged 41, his retirement seemed to come closer as he faced one injury after another. The tennis veteran acknowledged his physical limitations, saying that “[he has] worked hard to return to full competitive form. But [he] also [knows his] body’s capacities and limits, and its message to [him] lately has been clear.”
Roger Federer will always be remembered in the history of tennis as the first man to win 20 grand slam titles, and no other player has played 429 grand slam games and won 369 grand slam matches as he did. With 103 titles, he leaves the sport as one of the players to have won the greatest number of competitions only behind the American Jimmy Connors that retired in 1996. The swiss tennis legend is not only admired because of how much he has achieved, but also for the way he played and won, as Serena Williams’ former coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, described his style as a “symphony”.
Federer’s tennis career was also remarked for having one of the greatest rivalries in the history of the sport as he always had great disputes against players like the Spanish Rafael Nadal, Serbian Novak Djokovic, and the British Andy Murray – and as a matter of fact, all of them were referred to as the “big four” that dominated tennis over the past 20 years. The laver cup will surely be a great way to end his career as he and his greatest rivals mentioned before will play together as part of team Europe.
Not only will Roger be recalled as one of the greatest in the history of tennis, but also as one of the greatest in the history of sports, where his record of events will eventually place him alongside game changers like Michael Jordan, Muhamad Ali, Tiger Woods, and Serena Williams.
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