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Tennis icon Roger Federer announces retirement - CtrlF.XYZ

Tennis icon Roger Federer announces retirement

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Tennis icon Roger Federer has announced helium is retiring from playing professionally aft 24 years connected tour.

The 41-year-old has won 20 expansive slam titles, sitting down lone Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The Swiss fable posted a video connected Twitter precocious Thursday night.

"I cognize my body's capableness and limits, and its connection to maine lately has been clear," helium said.

"I americium 41 years old, I person played much than 1500 matches implicit 24 years. Tennis has treated maine much generously than I ever would person dreamt, and present I indispensable recognise erstwhile it is clip to extremity my competitory career.

"The Laver Cup adjacent week successful London volition beryllium my last ATP event. I volition play much tennis successful the future, of course, but conscionable not successful expansive slams oregon connected the tour.

"This is a bittersweet decision, due to the fact that I volition miss everything the circuit has fixed me. But astatine the aforesaid time, determination is truthful overmuch to celebrate.

"I would similar to convey my competitors connected the court. I was fortunate capable to play truthful galore epic matches that I volition ne'er forget.

"The past 24 years connected circuit have been an unthinkable adventure. While I sometimes consciousness similar it went by successful 24 hours, it has besides been truthful heavy and magical that it seems arsenic if I person already lived a afloat lifetime.

"To the crippled of tennis - I emotion you, and volition ne'er permission you."

Federer joined the nonrecreational circuit successful 1998 and won his archetypal expansive slam successful 2003 astatine Wimbledon.

He won his archetypal Australian Open the pursuing twelvemonth and would triumph the lawsuit six times, the past successful 2018, which turned retired to his last large victory.

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