Federer

In the small hours of the morning in a windowless subterranean room by the Thames in London, Roger Federer admitted to a fear – that he might not have been ...

And many of them are people I owe a massive vote of thanks to, so it’s appropriate to say that in these circumstances whether I’m comfortable or not.” “It was done weeks ago,” he explained to an impressive collection of the world’s tennis media who had gathered for the fifth staging of the Laver Cup. Basel was out, and the obvious route was simply to announce that his career was over. Hence the countdown to Friday’s emotional doubles, which Federer had made clear would be his final formal match, regardless of the result or how well he pulled up from the effort. I was afraid I wouldn’t be, but after the first game [of Friday’s doubles] I realized I’d be OK and I calmed down. “Several weeks ago, I said to Tony [his manager, Tony Godsick], ‘It’s 50:50 that I’ll be ready for the Laver Cup.’ Then a bit I said it was 60:40, then 70:30.