Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic all agree that the 2022 Laver Cup is the proper send-off for Roger Federer forward of his retirement.
Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam champion and eight-time Wimbledon winner, will name time on his profession after this weekend’s occasion at London’s O2 on the age of 41.
He has loved a rivalry with Nadal, Murray and Djokovic by means of his spell in tennis, with the Large 4 thought of to be among the many biggest gamers in historical past.
Federer’s final ever aggressive match will happen Friday night when he strains up alongside Nadal in doubles towards American duo Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.
That is because of be the fourth match on this yr’s Laver Cup, which sees two star-studded teams of gamers – Group Europe and Group World – face off towards one another in a collection of matches, with the profitable facet decided on Sunday.
Federer launched the competitors in 2017 with Nadal, Murray and Djokovic feeling it is going to be a becoming tribute to the Swiss legend’s improbable profession.
‘We had the perfect locker room moments, the funniest ones, on the Laver Cup,’ Djokovic mentioned, who gained Wimbledon in July to register his twenty first main trophy.
‘Simply the conversations that we usually don’t have on the tour as a result of we're rivals.
‘We don’t usually hang around collectively as all of us have our groups and our households that we stick with, which is regular and logical.
‘However the Laver Cup is a novel competitors the place you get to be team-mates and also you get to assist one another and expertise one another another way.
‘So it was truly a really humorous dinner final night time with Group Europe and we had a number of laughs.
‘I’m simply making an attempt to get pleasure from each second on the Laver Cup and each second is actually valuable for me.’
Nice Britain hero Murray, quizzed on locker-room reminiscences with Federer, added: ‘I in all probability do [have some]. I don’t know if I may say them on digicam or not!
‘He's extremely popular with all the opposite gamers within the locker room and is at all times unbelievably pleasant. He's very, very loud! He makes a number of noise.
‘Watching matches he'll shout and scream on the TV and stuff, which possibly you may not count on. However yeah, he was unbelievably loud within the locker room.’
Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, talking about his doubles match with Federer on Friday, mentioned: ‘Effectively, it is going to be a troublesome match to deal with, actually.
‘Allow us to see how the factor evolves, however I simply hope to assist in a small approach to assist make his final match much more particular.
‘I feel it's going to be unforgettable, and I'm simply proud and pleased to be subsequent to him on this very particular second.’
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