- Tuesday 20/09/2022 to 21:46
-
Sports
–
By La Provence (with AFP)
–
Former world tennis king Roger Federer hinted, without further details, that he would remain close to the world of tennis after his retirement, when he arrived in London on Tuesday to compete in the Laver Cup, his last official competition.
“I don’t know exactly what my future will be like, but I don’t want to completely move away from a sport that has given me everything“, the former world number 1 told Swiss Radio and Television (RTS). The twenty-handed Grand Slam champion then told RTS to hear.”lifted upfor announcing his retirement.
The Balois admitted to this media that they had withheld “a tear or two“, but he declared himself”glad I took the step“.
“My knee wouldn’t let go, I wasn’t doing well enough, then I had a not very satisfying scan result, so I told myself it was over.“he explained. Details that Federer did not disclose last week.
The tennis legend, 41, announced in a press release Thursday that he will retire at the end of the Laver Cup, a competition that will take place in London from Friday to Sunday.
Federer has not played in competition since his elimination in the Wimbledon quarter-finals in July 2021 due to a recalcitrant knee.
–
