LAVER Cup 2022 – Roger Federer LAVER CUP: Legendary Roger Federer is unlikely to play the LAVER Cup in SINGLES. If the organizers tweak the rules, Federer can be seen in action in DOUBLES along side Rafael Nadal. Federer told Swiss media on Tuesday that he is unlikely to play singles in what will be his final tournament on the professional tour. Follow Laver Cup 2022 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Federer told Swiss-German daily Tages-Anzeiger that despite feeling good in practice in London, he would settle to play only doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday evening.
“I am quite surprised how well I am playing in practice here.
But it was already clear beforehand that I would only play doubles, probably on Friday evening. That’s why playing the Swiss Indoors in Basel was no longer an option,” Federer was quoted as saying.
Roger Federer LAVER CUP: Roger Federer, 41, announced his retirement from professional tennis earlier this month, confirming that he would hang up his boots after the Laver Cup in London.
Federer arrived in London earlier this week and has been training with his teammates at the O2 Arena in the capital city.
As he arrived in London for his final ATP event, he told Swiss broadcaster RTS that he was “relieved” to have made the announcement, and “very happy to have been able to have the career I have had.”
“It can’t be that I’m trying to run after something that is hardly realistic anymore,” Federer told SRF.
He said that in recent months “my progress was not satisfactory, that my knee was not letting me go.”
“Then I received a scan that was not great, and there was no more progress,” he said. “I told myself that it was over. Honestly, I didn’t want to do it anymore.
Federer acknowledged that he choked back “a tear or two when he announced his coming retirement last week, but felt he was “happy to have taken the step.”
Asked about what his plans were going forward, the tennis great said “I do not know exactly what my future will be, but I do not want to completely distance myself from the sport that has given me everything.”
Federer is all set to team up with the other members of the Big 4, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray for Team Europe. The Swiss great said he would love to end his career after a doubles match with his biggest rival, Nadal.
Federer also said he would now turn his focus entirely on his family, especially his wife Mirka, adding that it was tough for his partner to watch him struggle to cope with injuries in the recent past.
“The last few years were hard for me, but I think they were even harder for her. She really didn’t enjoy watching me anymore, with all the injuries. I felt kind of sorry for her,” he added.
Federer, however, said he plans to continue playing in exhibition matches whenever he finds time. The Swiss great will be the center of attention in London over the weekend as a glorious chapter in the history of tennis is all set to come to an end.
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