“I have been training hard to get back to my best playing form. However, I know my body’s limits and capabilities. This year I am 41 years old and have played more than 1,500 matches in 24 years. Tennis is like a dream for me and now it’s time to end my playing career.”
That’s what Roger Federer – the legendary Swiss tennis player wrote on his personal page on the evening of September 15, 2022. After many successes as well as ups and downs in his career, the moment of “Express Train” farewell to world tennis has finally come.
In fact, to come to this decision, just as Roger Federer said, he had many injuries and had to miss many previous tournaments. After the loss at Wimbledon 2021, the 41-year-old tennis player suffered a very serious knee injury and since then, Federer has not participated in any professional matches to date.
Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland. Since winning his first Grand Slam title in 2003, Federer has had a tremendous impact on men’s singles. Federer is also the holder of many records in the world of tennis, notably 237 consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the world in the ATP rankings between February 2, 2004 and December 17. August 2008. In addition, after returning to the world No. 1 position on July 16, 2012, Federer also officially broke tennis legend Pete Sampras’ record of 286 weeks as world No. 1. Federer is the only male tennis player in history to win 5 championships at 2 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon and US Open.
After more than 24 years, Federer has reached the Grand Slam finals 31 times, including 10 consecutive times from Wimbledon 2005 to the US Open 2007. During those 31 times, the “Swiss Express” has won. won a total of 20 Grand Slam titles. Wimbledon is Federer’s most successful tournament with 8 championship titles. At the same time, he is also one of eight male tennis players in history to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments in a year.
In addition to announcing his retirement, the 41-year-old tennis player also thanked his wife Mirka, four children, parents, sister, former coach and even the opponents he has faced. throughout his illustrious career.
It is expected that the Laver Cup tournament – an indoor tennis tournament between the European team and the world team (a collection of non-European stars) taking place next week in London will be the last ATP tournament Federer attends.
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