20 Grand Slam titles and an indelible mark on the history of tennis: at 41 years old, the Swiss legend Roger Federer announced on Thursday his retirement at the end of the Laver Cup, a competition that will be held in London from September 23 to 25 .
Less than a month after Serena Williams, another monument of the game announces that she is leaving tennis, at the same time that a new generation embodied by the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, recent winner of the US Open and world number one at only 19 years old, is advancing.
“The Laver Cup next week in London will be my last ATP event,” the 41-year-old Swiss, who won 20 Grand Slam titles during his long career, posted on social media.
“I will continue to play tennis in the future, for sure, but it will no longer be in Grand Slam tournaments or on the circuit,” concluded Federer, winner of 103 trophies in his career, but who only played six games in 2020 and thirteen in 2021.
The Swiss has not played tennis since his elimination in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, in 2021, due to his knee problems, and he has been filtering his doubts about his chances of returning to the courts for several months.
