Roger Federer To Play , ‘Special’ Final Match of Career , With Rafael Nadal.
Roger Federer To Play , ‘Special’ Final Match of Career , With Rafael Nadal.
On Sept.
16, Federer announced he will be retiring from tennis after playing one doubles match at the Laver Cup this week.
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On Sept.
22, it was revealed that Federer will team up with Nadal 18 years after facing each other for the first time on the ATP Tour in Miami.
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On Sept.
22, it was revealed that Federer will team up with Nadal 18 years after facing each other for the first time on the ATP Tour in Miami.
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The two tennis greats have met 40 times throughout their careers and also teamed up at the 2017 Laver Cup.
The two tennis greats have met 40 times throughout their careers and also teamed up at the 2017 Laver Cup.
For as long as we battled together, having always had this respect for one another – our families, our coaching teams – we always got along really well, Roger Federer, via statement to reporters.
To go through the careers that we both have had, to come out the other side and being able to have a nice relationship, I think, is maybe a great message as well – to not just tennis, but sports beyond it, Roger Federer, via statement to reporters.
In a press conference on Sept.
22, Nadal said he was "super excited" for the doubles match.
After all the amazing things that we share together on and off court, [to] be part of this historic moment, going to be something yeah, amazing and unforgettable for me... , Rafael Nadal, via press conference.
... and yeah, super excited, I hope I can have a good answer time, play at a decent level and hopefully together we can create a good moment and maybe win a match, Rafael Nadal, via press conference.
Federer and Nadal will face off against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe on Sept.
23
