Normally, a Sunday night is often the time when nothing or very little is happening. The week ends slowly. Families are watching TV, and tennis fans, especially in December, are chomping at the bit because no final has come to brighten up the famous “Lord’s Day”.
Everyone thinks about their week, their job, and the pace they will have to adopt. One last tour on the web before going to bed, history of… ..
But this story of .. almost turns into a nightmare when the Swiss journalists evoke the speech of their greatest champion of all time who came to seek his umpteenth prize at the famous ceremony of the Sports Awards broadcast by RTS.
Easily honored with 49.1% of the votes as the greatest Swiss sportsman for 70 years, Roger, in a suit and turtleneck, then speaks and surprises his audience: ” I hope I will be back on the courts in 2021. We’ll see, but if my career had to end there, it would be incredible to end it with this award. “
Twitter panics, fans are holding their breath, and the tennis world is teetering.
After a “horrible” year 2020, all enthusiasts were already delighted to see the Swiss return to the court, and even the less addicted were hoping for this return because lip service, they admitted:“Finally Roger is still something else…«
Well, this “something else” may already be “burnt” in the land of the Kangaroos.
For the rest, hope gives life, but it is obvious that if Roger sent such messages on December 13, it is because the doubt exists, that it is very present in the head of the Swiss.
Federer has always explained that if he returned to the court it would be if and only if he felt capable of winning the biggest titles on the circuit again. It is not part of his career plan, and it is easily understood. Such a career, such a record, and such an aura deserve neither a first round in Melbourne, nor one too many defeats, the image would be too offensive for all lovers of tennis aesthetics.
Posted on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 08:11
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