The sporting value of this year’s Laver Cup still has to be seen. The Laver Cup 2022, on the other hand, will always have a permanent place in the history books of tennis – it was Roger Federer’s last appearance. With him on the pitch: Frances Tiafoe. On the sidelines of this year’s Laver Cup in Vancouver, the US boy remembers the moving moments when he shook Roger Federer’s hand after his farewell game.
von tennisnet.com
last edited: September 24, 2023, 11:45 a.m
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The 25-year-old Tiafoe had the unique opportunity to play in the now 42-year-old Swiss’s final career match when he teamed with Jack Sock in the doubles against Federer and Rafael Nadal. The American duo won 4-6, 7-6 (2), 11-9 in a memorable match at the O2 Arena in London.
However, in an interview with The New York Times, Tiafoe recalls that on that emotional day the result hardly mattered: “Jack and I joked about whether we should put in the effort or not, whether we would put on a good show “I’m glad we went out there and played hard. The result was so irrelevant. Tennis won that night,” he says.
After that moving match, Tiafoe exchanged a few words with Federer at the net, and he has now revealed what he said to the tennis star at the time: “Thank you for the last 20+ years. I don’t just thank you for your play on the court, “But also for who you are as a person. What you have done will never be forgotten,” Tiafoe explained with appreciation to the maestro.
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