ROGER FEDERER WILL RETIRE AFTER LAVER CUP IN SEPTEMBER

  • 15/09/2022

Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, will retire after the Laver Cup in London later this month.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion has not competed since Wimbledon 2021, when he underwent his third knee surgery. 

"My body's message to me lately has been clear," Swiss Federer, 41, said.

"I have played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years. Now I must recognise when it is time to end my competitive career."

He added: "To the game of tennis, I love you and will never leave you."

Federer has been plagued by a knee injury for the past three years, limiting him to only three of the 11 Grand Slams held since the beginning of 2020.

He hasn't played a competitive match since losing to Hubert Hurkacz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals last summer.

He later announced that he needed more knee surgery after having two operations in 2020.

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