![]() ![]() Going through rehab, daily progress is small, but I want to be healthy for life. We’ll do that and maybe I’ll get another chance.’ Look, it wasn’t to be, and then obviously the last three years have been pretty tough. “Because I’d had a good experience with my left, I figured, ‘Okay, my right is a very similar surgery. “And that’s why I’m so happy that on my left knee I was able to come back and win another three slams, including that comeback win in 2017 in Australia. You know you can’t turn back the time and go, ‘Oh, we should have changed this.’ “It was over, the knee was gone, and then knowing I had to face the media right afterwards in a short amount of time was really hard. “The end of that match was one of the worst moments of my career because I really felt awful,” said Federer. ![]() It is testimony to the ruthlessness of sport that Federer went out with a 6-0 bagel set, just as Donald Bradman registered a duck in his final innings and Usain Bolt pulled a hamstring in the 4x100m relay. But if we look back at that 2021 Wimbledon, he needed a bit of help in his first-round meeting with the awkward Adrian Mannarino, only moving through when Mannarino fell and sprained his knee while leading by two sets to one.Īfter more encouraging victories over Richard Gasquet, Cameron Norrie and Lorenzo Sonego, Federer’s singles career ended in the quarter-finals, where Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz stopped him in straight sets. It might seem strange to imagine Federer – the male record-holder for Wimbledon titles – having to “weasel his way” through matches, especially on grass. So I had to play extra offensive and just try to weasel my way through the matches this way.” “You come to a certain point where against certain players that are of the good level, you create too many moments of having to defend. “When I lost to Felix in Halle, I cried after the match I knew I will not win Wimbledon,” Federer explained. But once his opponent gained the upper hand in a rally, he was no longer able to scramble balls back for long. The 41-year-old, who announced last week that he would be retiring after the ongoing Laver Cup, revealed he broke down after losing to Felix Auger Aliassime in the build-up to his final Wimbledon in 2021.įeeding off the majesty of his serve, he could still come forward and win short points. Roger Federer has admitted the realisation that he would never win another Wimbledon title reduced him to tears last summer. I'm going to try to do my best in every single way, to help to have this moment even more special than what it's going to be." You know, at the end one of the most important players, if not the most important player, in my tennis career, is leaving. It's going to be difficult to handle everything, especially for Roger, without a doubt. Of course being on court, having Roger next to me one more time will be something that I am very much looking forward to. I hope I can have a good chance to play at a decent level, and hopefully together we can create a good moment and maybe win a match. After all the amazing things that we shared together on and off court, to be part of this historic moment is going to be something amazing, unforgettable for me. And it is fitting that Federer's final match as a professional tennis player will be with the man who he has shared so many special moments with on a tennis court. Nicknamed 'Fedal', Federer and Nadal have a legitimate bromance together. ![]()
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