Roger Federer retirement news ends the era of GOAT in Tennis World
Roger Federer the record eight-time Wimbledon champion as well as twenty grand slam winners has announced that he will be retiring after the 2022 Laver Cup which will be his final ATP tournament in London. After giving the tennis world a wonderful two decades of his wonderful playing style and amazing matches, he bids adieu to the gentleman’s game.
The 41 year old Federer has been the best ambassador of the tennis game with his grace, finesse and a calm personality that we somehow miss in the upcoming generation. The fans would have wanted the legend to continue playing forever but everyone knew that this day was near after Federer was fighting a knee injury since the past one year. In a twitter post Fed has spoken about his battles with injuries and the challenges he has faced to be competitive in this sport. The hard hitting battles with Nadal and Djokovic will always be remembered by the fans and it feels like the GOAT debate between the three living legends will continue even after the Swiss retirement .
With Fed’s announcement in his 845 word statement where he talks about playing more than fifteen hundred matches and his utmost love and respect for the game it seems that the end of the goat era depicting all the three Federer, Nadal and Djokovic as Greatest of all times will come to an halt. Though Nadal at 22 and Djokovic at 21 have more grand slams than Federer, he still is the goat for many tennis pundits as well as the people who have been watching tennis since a long time. The respect that the tennis world have for him is incomparable and his rivals also would have been very hurt by this news. Nadal in his statement said – I wish this day would have never come, It’s a sad day for me personally and for sports around the world. Fedal as they both were called always had the best relationship on court or outside the court. Federer and Nadal have played each other 40 times where the Spanish leads him 24 – 16 . , including 14 – 10 in finals. With Djokovic the battles have been 50 times on court where the Serbian leads 27-23 and 13- 6 in finals. Though the Swiss maestro is behind both the players in one on one but when it comes to the goat debate many pundits feel that Federer with his style and ruling the tennis world with 103 ATP titles and being ranked number 1 for 310 weeks which includes a record 237 consecutive weeks is the OG – GOAT . The big three is over now and what remains is the big two which will create a void in the tennis world. This retirement news also proves that the GOAT era is ended and a new era will start with new players winning grand slams and creating records to be compared to these three living legends. Carlos Alcaraz after winning US Open 2022 at the age of 19 has put the tennis world on storm and has shown that a new era has already begun. In his statement the Spanish youngster said that he would have loved to play against Federer and was a huge fan of his while even comparing his style with him during his interview.
We wish Roger Federer a great life ahead and with his family, his wife Mirka and his two set of twin kids. Thank you, Roger, for the amazing memories you have given all your fans as well as the commitment and passion you have shown for the sport. We hereby end the GOAT debate and wish Roger the best for all your future endeavors.