The Swiss puts an end to his extraordinary career after playing the Laver Cup
Despite long-suspected, the tennis world was rocked this Thursday with the announcement of Roger Federer’s retirement. Burdened by a myriad of injuries that have appeared on the track in recent years, the extraordinary athlete from Basel has confirmed that he will be leaving the track after playing the next edition of the Laver Cup, to be held between September and September. . 23 and 25 at the O2 Arena in London.
It will be the final appearance as a professional from one of the sport’s great legends, a tireless competitor who has elevated tennis to the art category with his countless records and unparalleled quality in hitting. Gone are the 20 Grand Slam tournaments he cherishes, two under Rafa Nadal and one less than Serb Novak Djokovic, with whom he formed a ‘Big Three’ forever.
Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, he spent 310 weeks at No. 1 in the world rankings, a figure surpassed only by Djokovic at 373. Among the countless records he has collected over his long career on the tennis court is the Swiss is the only tennis player in history to have won five or more titles in three of the four Grand Slams: six at the Australian Open, eight at Wimbledon and five at the US Open. To this he adds the Roland Garros which he won in 2009 after beating Sweden’s Robin Soderling. In addition, he was a silver medalist in the individual category at the 2012 London Olympics and also won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in partnership with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka.
Dominator of all types of surfaces, although clay powder has always been his main thorn, among other factors as it was Nadal’s fetish territory, Federer forged a career full of success that led him to be the second player with the most titles in the ATP (103), only behind the 109 of American Jimmy Connors. He is the tennis player with the most titles and wins on hard court (71 and 783) and on grass (19 and 192) and the second with most outdoor wins (77) in the Open Era.
At the age of 41 and having played more than 1,500 games in the two and a half decades that he has been one of the great references on the track, Federer has chosen to leave the profession that has brought him to the Olympus of the sport. , suffered a serious knee injury that required multiple surgeries and kept him off the slopes for over a year. “The Laver Cup, next week in London, will be my last ATP event,” the Swiss said via his social networks.
Source: La Verdad
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