Roger Federer has just announced his retirement from professional tennis. He may play the last match of his great career in doubles on Friday alongside Rafael Nadal. Unfortunately, it seems that Federer does not have the level to properly compete in singles and therefore, according to reports he will play only one match in doubles during this Laver Cup.
Roger is widely expected to partner with his great rival and friend Rafael Nadal against Team World. They captured the imagination of tennis fans in 2017 when they played doubles together for Team Europe in the first edition of the Laver Cup.
No singles for Federer in his last pro event.
Thought he would play on Sunday, in the last day of the event, but looks like just one doubles match on Friday is the plan… https://t.co/h1x4jSh9sC
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) September 20, 2022
Roger Federer in 2022
Ranked no.97, Federer played his last match on the 7th of July 2021 when he lost to world no.10 Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 7-6(4) 6-0 in the quarter in Wimbledon (draw).
Rafael Nadal in 2022
At the moment ranked no.3, the Spaniard played his last match on the 5th of September when he lost to world no.19 Francis Tiafoe 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round of the U.S. Open (draw).
This season Rafael achieved an overall 38-5 win-loss record. Rafael clinched 4 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, Australian Open, Acapulco and French Open. Nadal got to the final in Indian Wells.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal squared off 40 times. Their head to head is 24-16 for Nadal. Before, the last time they fought against each other, Roger Federer won 7-6(3) 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London (Wimbledon) in July 2019.
Here the highlights.
