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What We Will Miss Most About Roger Federer

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Queen Elizabeth II was buried on Monday, and London is now the scene of another poignant farewell: Roger Federer will retire after the Laver Cup, a team competition being held there this weekend.

Federer, 41, had presumably hoped to put in one more appearance at Wimbledon, which he won a record eight times. But after multiple knee operations, his body is no longer up to the rigors of a Grand Slam tournament, so the Swiss-born Federer will instead end his career on the other side of London, at the 02 Arena, which is hosting the Laver Cup. Federer will play his final match on Friday, pairing up with his longtime rival and friend Rafael Nadal in doubles.…  Seguir leyendo »

Roger Federer after losing the Wimbledon final in 2019. Credit Hannah Mckay/Reuters

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The start of a new tennis season prompts an inevitable question: Could this be Roger Federer’s last year on the court? It is a possibility that fills Federer partisans with something approaching existential dread — fear that the un-Federered life might not be worth living, or at least won’t be nearly as pleasurable. Federer is 38, and although he is still at the top of the game — he is currently ranked third — and a threat to win any tournament that he enters, retirement surely can’t be too far off now.

But as the 2020 season gets underway, Federer fans have something else to fret about.…  Seguir leyendo »