The Swiss tennis player will play his last professional match in the Laver Cup alongside Roger Federer, his staunch rival.
Roger Federer will play alongside Rafael Nadal in the Laver Cup. London, England. Although there were rumours that he would not participate in the tournament, he is a sponsored tennis player.
Roger Federer confirmed that he would compete in one of the matches on the first day of the Laver Cup in London, which will be his last time on a field of play this Friday, September 23. Still, it will be in the match that corresponds to the only doubles match.
The Swiss, winner of 103 titles in his career, will appear in the fourth game of the first day between Europe vs. the Rest of the world.
Next to him will be Rafael Nadal to face Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. The members of the Big Three had already teamed up on September 23, 2017, during an exhibition match in the same tournament.
Separate matches, I will not be capable of playing. This was clear. I'll probably play doubles here on Friday night, and that's all," said the former number one in the ATP Rankings during the press conference:
The other crosses, which will be singles, consist of Casper Ruud vs. Jack Sock, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Diego Schwartzmann and Andy Murray vs. Alex de Minaur.
This will be Federer's return after a long recovery from knee surgery; the 41-year-old will retire after his Laver Cup run and has not competed in the singles or doubles since a Wimbledon quarter-final loss to Hubert Hurkacz in July 2021.
We wish to be well sufficiently to play replications. I was pretty surprised to see how I am playing in the training sessions I did here, but it was already clear that I would only play doubles," he said.
Like an accurate history of the white sport, he was consulted by the new number one in the world, Carlos Alcaraz, 19 years old.
I've seen what he has done in the US Open, and it has been fantastic. I've always said there will be new superstars in this sport.
The future of tennis is bright. Some say it won't be the same when Pete and Andre retire, but there will always be people who win Grand Slams
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