Roger Federer’s announcement that nobody wanted to hear: “My retirement is getting closer” | sports

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The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer He assured that the moment of his retirement from professional activity “is getting closer”, while noting that he is going to miss the circuit very much and that he wants to feel “the feeling of playing in a full stadium.

“At first I was only concerned with health, but now I really miss the feeling of playing in a full stadium. I know that the moment of retiring is getting closer and I think I will miss the circuit very much ”, indicated ‘Your Majesty’.

In this sense, the Swiss tennis player added: “I must be patient and continue working. It would have been easy for me to retire at this juncture, but I want to continue giving myself the opportunity to enjoy tennis. Rehabilitation is going well, I’m going to take my time to get back in top shape. ”

On June 10, it should be remembered, Federer announced that he ended a season in which he only played one tournament, the Australian Open, because he had a second operation for an injury to his right knee, but he plans to return to the competition in 2021.

The winner of 20 Grand Slams has scheduled in his calendar for 2021 the Wimbledon tournaments, the Tokyo Olympic event and the Boston Laver Cup, suspended this season as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

In dialogue with the German newspaper Zeit, he commented: “Tennis is a very special sport, it is very hard to spend hours and hours on the court, with many nerves, and not even being able to ask your family or coach anything. That’s why we talk so much alone. There will be people who think that we are crazy, but sometimes it is necessary to speak with yourself to release the tension and find the necessary concentration ”.

The sportsman from Switzerland also revealed who his great references in tennis were: “I became a tennis player thanks to Boris Becker, I loved his style, although later my favorite was always Stefan Edberg”.

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