Roger Federer greeted the world of tennis in the way he did: uniting practically everyone. Despite the defeat, which was completely circumstantial, the Swiss phenomenon had the great chance of having the O2 Arena in London as a catwalk for retirement and that of all his closest friends, at the same time also his rivals, as a support.
After the moving farewell tour on the court, Federer analyzed the situation at the press conference not without further emotions. He said. “After the match point I thought of everything. The match was special, but I absolutely didn’t expect everything that happened after.
I didn’t know who would sing, who would be there, how long the ceremony would last. The more I looked around, the more I saw people get excited. Let’s say it was good and bad at the same time. I will remember this, all the faces, including Rafa’s.”
LeBron James crazy for Roger Federer’s farewell: “Damn!”
Among all those who have honored Roger Federer’s retirement and career is NBA Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. James shared in his Instagram stories a post showing Roger in tears, along with his biggest rival on the court and at the same time friend Rafael Nadal, just before leaving the field of the O2 Arena in London, stage of the doubles between the two.
Team Europe champions against Team World. LeBron does so by dedicating to Federer’s tears the words: “This is so fantastic!” And then he adds, “Damn!” exclamation followed by five sad emoticons. The Swiss Maestro ended is amazing tennis career with many records, among which the 8 titles won at Wimbledon.
He won 20 Slams titles, of whoch, as we said, 8 Wimbledon, 6 Australian Open, 5 US Open and 1 Roland Garros. Federer gets the love of the crowds across the world, becoming the most popular sportsman in the world of this era, and not only about tennis, thanks to his talent, his chrisma, his charme and his wins.
LeBron James on IG reacts to this Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal moment 🥹 pic.twitter.com/GaGtTxyHHC — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) September 24, 2022
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