And Federer left. The day the sport did not want to come and tennis was caught off guard, it was an emotional blow to Switzerland, Rafael Nadal and everyone who loves this sport. The Swiss left, said goodbye, the teacher closed the racket and orphaned tennis. There will never be another like him.
With Novak Djokovic recommending the changes, the tears of Federer’s mother Lynette, the gaze of Rod Laver in the stands, the help of Stefan Edberg, and the final magic of the Baselli magician who missed the ball. For the artwork, which began in Basel when someone decided that little Federer should hold a racket, the curtain was lowered through the gap between the net and the stick holding it. The Swiss tennis player said goodbye to tennis in one of the houses he left during his 24-year career, where he won the most eight Wimbledons in history and was crowned two Cups of Teacher.
This time the award was not a title. O2 sells 20,000 tickets available to celebrate Switzerland’s farewell. In Laver, the first tears shed as the stands were covered in blue and red, the colors of Europe and the Rest of the World. Mother of genius and transmitter of her one-handed backhand, Lynette gave the first cry of the night. He wouldn’t be the only one. Messages discovered: “Don’t go.” “Never retire.” “Tennis won’t be the same without you.” Melancholy, sadness, love for a unique tennis player combined in an idyllic setting where the most trivial thing is the result.
As the master of ceremonies was Federer’s teen idol, Edberg, whom he met while still a baseball player in Switzerland. Laver presided over the stands, Bjorn Borg watched from the bench, whose challenges were destroyed by Federer, John McEnroe almost wishing his charges hadn’t won. Djokovic advised them between changes, and Nadal appeared next to Federer with a mischievous smile.
The Spaniard, who was the villain of Federer’s career and the cause of some of his worst afternoons, was the support Federer needed not to say this goodbye alone. His friend and a thousand war companions flew out of Manacor, where he was expecting the birth of his first child. so that when Federer needs help, Nadal is found.
In a match with an erratic rhythm, in which Federer had moved away from competitive tennis and Sock and Tiafoe were aware of their secondary roles in this whole story, blasted by balls, Nadal towed the legendary duo’s car. The result was anecdotal and a defeat for Nadal and Federer, who had not played for 14 months.
Since 13-year-old Federer put football aside to focus on tennis, this September 23, thousands of stories have passed in London, hundreds and hundreds of images that have made up an entire generation’s tennis dream, and all of that. They grew up believing they could imitate the impossible throws of a Basel boy who was a striker and backstroke, as if God had given him a special gift. Federer, whose first racket was made of wood, embraced the members of his team, which consisted of important names of his career such as childhood idols Andy Murray, Djokovic, Nadal and Borg.
The very emotional Swiss burst into tears at the London circuit and kept saying, “Roger, Roger!
Goodbye artist.
Federer: ‘I’m happy, not sad’
Swiss Roger Federer After playing his last game professionally, he made sure he was happy, not sad. “We somehow managed to get through this,” Federer said on the sidelines with Jim Courier.
“It was a great day. I’m happy, not sad. I enjoyed putting on my slippers one last time. I’ve had friends here, my family, my teammates… I’m very happy to play the game,” he added. She didn’t stop crying during the ceremony separation. “I never expected all this. I just wanted to play tennis. It was great, I’d do it again. My final went just the way I wanted.”
Nadal: ‘When Roger goes, a part of my life goes too’
Spaniard Rafael Nadal, with Roger Federer leaving the professional track an “important part” of his life is also gone. “It was very emotional after all,” Nadal said at a press conference after playing alongside Federer in the last game of his professional career. “It was an honor for me to be a part of this important moment in our sporting history.” “Over the years, I’ve shared many memories. When Roger leaves the track, a significant part of my life is also leaving.”
Nadal commented that the first serves during the match were “very difficult” because he was “shaking” with anger and could not serve normally. “But I enjoyed being a team with him. That makes it all the more special. I can’t speak to a specific moment. Tonight was unforgettable.”