[Body Road News]Swiss “ball king” Roger Federer is regarding to perform his final tango in this week’s Laver Cup. In an interview with Swiss media, he admitted that his physical condition can only allow himself to play doubles. And on Friday (23rd): “Maybe I can play doubles with Rafa (taken), it is absolutely fantastic.”
The 41-year-old Fedana announced his retirement last week and flew to London on Sunday (18th) to prepare for the Lever Cup, which will be held at the O2 Stadium for three consecutive days from Friday. “Training for five hours a day, but with a knee injury, he may not decide whether to play or not until the last minute. Fedana said in an interview in London: “I didn’t think my knee was going very well this summer, but at Wimbledon I still believed I might go back to the pro game, and then I had a computer scan and it wasn’t very good. No more progress, and in a few days, I knew it was over.”
After laughing and announcing his retirement, “Fei Tianwang”, who “really shed a few tears”, also revealed his future plans: “I hope to hold an exhibition match in the next 6 months to perform with the players I choose. I don’t know what the future will be. What is it like, but I don’t want to leave tennis completely.” As for the Lever Cup, which will start in two days, Fedana reportedly will not participate in the singles event, but he said: “Maybe I can play doubles with Rafa, which is absolutely fantastic. It is worth mentioning that Fedana and Nadu met for the first time in the ATP arena in the doubles match in Indian Wells in 2004, when Nadu defeated Fedana 2:1. The two tennis superstars also collaborated in men’s doubles for the first time in the 2017 Lever Cup, beating an American player at that time.
On the other hand, Novak Djokovic, the former world’s “big brother”, has also flown to London and met “Fair King” and Murray (Andy Murray) on the training ground. Zu Gaoyu said: “I’m very happy to be here, it’s really exciting! It’s full of exciting moments on and off the court, maybe only once in my life can I be side by side with my three biggest opponents, Rafa, Roger and Andy. Fight.” The Lever Cup is Zugaoyu’s first event since winning Wimbledon in July, and the first event that BIG 4 has played simultaneously since the Australian Open in 2019.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Lihua Cup Nets]Fedana dreams of partnering with Zugaoyu in doubles: Big 4 team has this life and no followinglife」
