The Roger Federer farewell: The most moving pictures and videos
Exactly one week ago, Roger Federer celebrated his farewell to tennis at the Laver Cup. We have put together the most beautiful pictures and videos of the last few days!
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Sep 30, 2022, 12:06 pm
It all started with the announcement of his resignation - a letter that Federer, as he said, reworded umpteen times. And at the end read to his fans...
Federer expressed early on the desire to play a farewell doubles match with Rafael Nadal, even if it was not yet clear whether the knee would participate... Legendary in advance: a training session for the "Big Four" that gave hope!
And finally: the confirmation that the "Fedal" double would actually happen! On the way to the final training, the two were already in a great mood. He himself would only train loosely for 15, 20 minutes, Federer explained, and then Nadal would continue to hit forehands over the net as usual!
A moving little scene just before the match: Federer and long-term coach Severin Lüthi – how much heart there is in this embrace!
The double itself was surprisingly good, Federer really good in the game from round two. "Fedal" even came to a match point. In the end, however, Sock and Tiafoe triumphed. But that didn't really matter tonight!
And of course they had Jim Courier flown in - he's the best man for on-court interviews. And it got emotional again...
Ellie Goulding's performance gave Federer the rest.
Federer's family was also moved to tears, but Roger assured his daughters: All right, they are tears of joy!
And then it got even happier: Federer was carried across the pitch, on the initiative of Novak Djokovic!
Ella Ling shot the most famous photo of the evening: Federer and Nadal holding hands.
But it was all just a brief moment. Or as Federer said afterwards: a kind of secret thank you that Rafa came to London especially for him.