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After a legendary tennis career, Roger Federer is putting down his racket. Read the athlete's "bittersweet" announcement connected his retirement.
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Roger Federer is ready to measurement distant from the tennis court.
The beloved athlete, whose amassed 20 Grand Slam titles over the people of his career, has announced that he'll discontinue from ATP events aft competing successful London's Laver Cup adjacent week.
In a connection to his tennis family, posted to Instagram connected Sept. 15, Roger, 41, shared that his assemblage is sending him a message following 3 years of injuries and surgeries.
"I person played much than 1500 matches implicit 24 years," Roger wrote. "Tennis has treated maine much generously than I ever would person dreamt, and present I indispensable admit erstwhile it is clip to extremity my competitory career."
"I volition play much tennis successful the future, of course, but conscionable not successful Grand Slams oregon connected the tour," helium noted. "This is simply 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."
Roger—whose announcement comes amid Serena Williams' own evolution distant from the sport—went connected to convey his family, including his "amazing" wife Mirka Federer and their 4 "wonderful" children for supporting him implicit the years.
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"The past 24 years connected circuit person been an unthinkable adventure," the jock added. "While it sometimes feels similar it went by successful 24 hours, it has besides been truthful heavy and magical that it seems arsenic if I've already lived a afloat lifetime."
After making his announcement, Roger's Instagram was instantly flooded with well-wishes from fans and chap athletes, including tennis subordinate John Isner who commented, "Absolute surviving legend. Thanks for each the countless memories."
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