Roger Federer’s participation in the Laver Cup is in jeopardy

Roger Federer announced his retirement from tennis on Thursday. That is why the Swiss legend renounced to play, next October, the home tournament, the one in Basel, to say goodbye to the competition on the occasion of the Laver Cup.

It will be in London, between September 23 and 25, when we will see Federer in action for the last time, or maybe not. And that is in the last hours his physical trainer, Pierre Paganini, sowed doubts about his participation in the event the European team will face off with the rest of the world.

“This will be a last minute decision. Roger trained to test himself and see if playing was a good decision or not“explained one of the men who knew the physical state of the Swiss.

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We do not know what the intentions of the Swiss are, he may try to play at least one of the doubles matches in the competition, where he will form a partnership with Rafa Nadal to the long-awaited reunion.

In addition to Federer and Nadal, the European team will be formed Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud, with Matteo Berrettini as a substitutee, while they will play in the Rest of the World team Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Diego Schwartzman, Jack Sock, Alex de Minaur, and Frances Tiafoe. Tommy Paul will be the reserve player.

The Laver Cup, that is in Spain it can be seen on television via Eurosport, It consists of three singles matches and one doubles match on each of the three days of competition. Wins on the first day are worth 1 point, on the second 2 and on the third 3. Players can play a maximum of two singles matches, while doubles pairs cannot be repeated.

A fatal knee injury, which took him to the operating room three times, was to blame that the champion of 20 Grand Slam titles is forced to end his career earlier than desired. Despite a difficult and intense recovery, Federer is not yet in a position to play again at the level required to compete against the best players on the circuit, which led him to announce the news that the entire tennis world was dreading.