Roger Federer she doesn’t want to say goodbye without playing tennis. The Laver Cup, the competition designed by Switzerland itself, will stage its final dance on the court and will be partnered by Rafael Nadal at London’s O2 Arena. “It would be an absolute dream,” the former number 1 told Swiss radio television RTS, currently based in London, in training for the tournament, which begins Friday, September 23.
The possibility of playing one-on-ones in the Laver Cup was denied by the player himself. “I trained with Stefanos (Tsitsipas) on Monday and to be honest I felt good when I hit the ball. But it’s not, I won’t play solo, it’s impossible. I haven’t played a real game in a long time.”
I wanted to continue at Wimbledon.
In an interview with the Swiss chain, he revealed that his intentions were to continue at least until the next Wimbledon, but decided to retire after tests to his right knee a few weeks ago. “My knee wasn’t advancing enough. What they did for me wasn’t very good, so I thought it was all over,” she explains.
Federer, 41, admits that it was not easy to accept the situation. “She ran away from me some tears”. The Swiss tennis player plans to stick with tennis after she shuts down her racket. “I don’t know exactly what my future will be like, but I don’t want to walk away completely “It’s a sport that gives me everything,” he says.
Federer to double with Nadal this Friday night (22.00, Eurosport). “It will be a dream come true. It will be difficult and the pressure will be high,” he reassures the tennis player, who assures him that if he doesn’t play, “it will be okay”. “The important thing is that I can thank the fans and they can see me. “I was always available, ready and I want to be until the end,” he told Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview.
Laver Cup teams
Federer has participated in all editions since the tournament was created in 2017 and shared the victory with the team from Europe that had not yet known defeat. In this edition, where the three components of the Big Three will be for the first and last time, the teams selected by captains Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe will consist of: Casper Ruud (No. 2), Rafael Nadal (3), Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) , Novak Djokovic (7 ), Andy Murray (43), Roger Federer (Sc) and Matteo Berrettini (15, substitute), Europe and Taylor Fritz (12), Félix Auger-Aliassime (13), Diego Schwartzman (17), Frances Tiafoe (19), Álex de Miñaur (22) Jack Sock (128) and Tommy Paul (29, substitute).
Each team has 6 players Must play at least one individual match in the first two days of the competition, for doubles they must play at least four team tennis players. All matches are played over a best of three sets, with the final set being a 10 point supertiebreak.
Matches won on Friday will earn 1 point for the winning team’s locker, matches played on Saturday will earn 2 points, and matches played on Sunday will earn 3 points. The winner is the team that reaches 13 points, something that cannot be achieved before the first game of the day on Sunday. In the event of a tie in points at the end of the tournament, a decisive doubles match would be played to determine the champion.
Program and TV
first two days It will start at 14:00 on Friday and Saturday., with two individual matches and a night session (20:00) with one individual and one double. On Sunday, a single session is played throughout the day, with a doubles match and three singles if necessary to determine the winner.
The tournament can be viewed via Eurosport He was left with the television rights last year.