The Laver Cup, where Swiss tennis player Roger Federer will put an end to his career, played in London, the capital of England. Federer and Nadal represented Team Europe at the Laver Cup, a men’s tennis tournament played between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. At the end of the fight, the two legends could not hold back their tears.
ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE RETIRED
Federer, 41, who announced his retirement last week, has won 20 Grand Slam titles during his career. After Serena Williams, the queen of women’s tennis that she dominated for twenty years, retired by playing her last game in the last grand slam three weeks ago, Roger Federer, the king of the period who ruled the same period in men’s tennis, also decided to say goodbye. With these overlapping big separations, an era has officially ended in the tennis world.
BREAKABLE RECORDS
Federer, who has been at the top of the world rankings for a total of 310 weeks, is a name that went down in tennis history by staying at number one for 237 consecutive weeks. He is the third tennis player to win the most singles grand slam 20 times, behind Rafael Nadal (22) and Novak Djokovic (21). The most successful male athlete ever at Wimbledon, with eight trophies. He appeared in more than 1500 competitions in his professionalism and won more than 1200 of them. The player who played the most matches in the Grand Slams was also the person who saw the quarter and semi-finals the most in these tournaments.
THE SERIES DID NOT IMPROVE BY KIND
Federer was only able to play in doubles, as his knee, which he had operated three times, did not fully heal.
GREAT DEMAND FOR THE LAST MATCH
The fact that this is the tournament where the legend will be watched for the last time mobilized tennis fans. Tennis fans showed great demand for tickets. On resale sites, tickets for the first day of the tournament went on sale for £1200. The prices for the next days of the organization, where Nadal and Djokovic will also appear, went up to 24 thousand pounds.
THEY CANNOT HOLD THEIR TEARS
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who struggled as a couple in the European Team, could not hold back their tears. “We’re going to get through this somehow, right? It’s been a great day. I’m not sorry, it’s great to be here,” said the Swiss racquet. said. Rafael Nadal couldn’t hold back his tears as Roger Federer spoke.
THE BALL HAS PASSED THROUGH THE NET
Roger Federer, who played his last game in the Laver Cup, was also an event with his hard hit. The legendary racket, which passes the ball through the hole of the net, has been talked about a lot on social media.
HE PASSED THE ROAD THROUGH TURKEY
Roger Federer is also a name in Turkey’s tennis history… The legendary player participated in the Istanbul Open, the ATP tournament in 2015. Organized under the official name of TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, the organization witnessed the most crowded open court tennis matches in the country. In the semi-finals, 10,000 people watched Federer’s final match with Pablo Cuevas on the center court of Koza World of Sports.
ALWAYS WAS EXAMPLE
It wasn’t the superiority of the originally contested numbers that set Roger Federer apart from the rest. His ‘style’ in reaching these figures sets him apart from the others. This aspect even precedes the fact that he was declared the greatest name of all time by the most important rackets in history.
IN THE CLUB OF BILLIONS
Roger Federer, who has not left the title of the highest-paid tennis player for 17 years, meets with names such as LeBron James, Floyd Mayweather, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tiger Woods, with a total income of more than 1 billion dollars.
The star tennis player, who said in his retirement statement that he owed a lot to tennis, probably expresses this debt as a moral debt. Because if he was talking about a financial debt, he would have been under a burden that was almost impossible to pay back. Because Federer’s earnings during his professional sports career is over $1 billion. Together with the prize money he earned from tournaments, advertising-sponsorship income and the money he accepted for participation in organizations, his total income in all items is measured as 1.1 billion dollars.
Looking at the tournament prize money alone, the Swiss racquet, after Djokovic and Nadal, made history as the first tennis player to exceed $1 billion in earnings. Despite being away from the courts for more than a year, Federer closed 2022 at the top and became the highest-paid tennis player for 17 consecutive years. He has been in the billionaires club alongside LeBron James, Floyd Mayweather, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Tiger Woods. Many brands with long-term agreements will continue to be in partnership with the legendary name after retirement.
HIDDEN POWER MIRKA
The person behind the scenes of Roger Federer’s success is his wife Mirka. The 41-year-old racquet, the great support of his wife, a former tennis player, said, “I couldn’t have achieved this much success if it was Mirka. Maybe he is not my coach, but we also talk about the matches with him and share our ideas about the game.”
NADAL-DJOKOVIC ELIMINATES
Roger Federer faced his arch-rival Rafael Nadal 40 times. While Nadal won 24 of these matches, Federer won 16 of them. The Spanish tennis player has an advantage of 14 to 10 in the matches in the finals and 10 to 4 in the grand slams. Roger Federer has met another arch-rival, Novak Djokovic, 50 times. While Djokovic has 27 victories in these matches, 23 of them were written to Federer. The Serbian racket outperformed 13 to 6 in the finals and 11 to 6 in the grand slams.
PELE: YOU ARE AN Idol
Brazilian football legend Pele commented on the farewell of his favorite name in tennis with a message he published. Addressing Roger Federer, the star said, “You are an idol and always will be.” Argentine football player Lionel Messi sent his greetings to Federer with the words, “The unique genius of tennis, who is an example to every athlete, we will miss seeing you on the courts.”
