Roger Federer Retirement: Roger Federer gave a tearful farewell to tennis career after defeat, Nadal also cried
Roger Federer retired on Friday (23 September) night after losing his last tournament in the Laver Cup.
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Roger Federer Retirement: Switzerland's legendary tennis player Roger Federer retired on Friday (23 September) night after losing his last tournament in the Laver Cup. The 41-year-old Federer recently announced his retirement. In Federer's final match, his partner was Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal. He lost 4-6, 7-6(2), 11-9 in the match against Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock of America. Federer, who became emotional after the match, said goodbye to tennis.
Roger Federer gets emotional after the match
However, Roger Federer could not win the last match of his career. At the same time, tears spilled from Federer's eyes after the match. He was seen crying. Standing in the middle of the tennis court, he raised both his hands and greeted the people. After this he hugged Serbian stars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal and said goodbye to tennis. During this, other players including Rafael Nadal also appeared emotional.
Announced retirement by writing a social media post
Roger Federer announced his retirement from tennis by sharing a social media post on 15 September this month. He had said that at the age of 41, I think that now I should take retirement from professional tennis. Fedor wrote, 'I am 41 years old. I have played more than 1500 matches in 24 years. Tennis has treated me more generously than ever before and I felt that I should end my career now. Let us tell you that Federer was troubled by knee injury and surgery.
Roger Federer's Tennis Career
Roger Federer gave his 24 years to tennis. In his career, he became the Grand Slam champion 20 times. Federer is joint second in terms of winning the most Grand Slam titles in men's singles tennis. He has played 1500 tennis matches in his career of 24 years. Federer won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2003. At the same time, in the year 2018, Federer achieved his last Grand Slam at the Australian Open. Federer is known for his excellent 'forehand serve', 'footwork' and aggressive play.

