Federer last match

An emotional Roger Federer has lost his final professional tennis match, playing doubles alongside Rafael Nadal in the Laver Cup.

She kept me going and allowed me to play, so it's amazing — thank you," he said. His final official singles match was a loss in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2021. - It was Federer's final match of his career after more than a year on the sidelines with injury Federer had the chance to seal victory when he served at match point in a tense deciding tiebreak but it was not to be. An emotional Roger Federer has lost his final professional tennis match, playing doubles alongside Rafael Nadal in the Laver Cup. Roger Federer loses final match of his career alongside Rafael Nadal in Laver Cup

Roger Federer saw his final match on the ATP Tour end in defeat, as the Swiss great lost in the Laver Cup doubles alongside Rafael Nadal.

14:00 ET 08:00 ET Federer/Nadal 1-1 Sock/Tiafoe: Team Europe gets off to a decent start. He then exchanges some forehands with Sock, Nadal and Tiafoe get into a game of cat-and-mouse at the net, and Team Europe gets the game. Federer/Nadal* 4-3 Sock/Tiafoe: Tiafoe blasts a shot right at Nadal at the net, which didn't thrill the Spaniard. Federer can't get a Tiafoe smash back in play, and Tiafoe settles the game with a quite lovely sliced volley right along the length of the net. Federer/Nadal 6-4 Sock/Tiafoe*: TEAM EUROPE WIN THE FIRST SET! Federer/Nadal 6-4 5-5 Sock/Tiafoe*: Federer lets Team World off the hook with a forehand error, but Tiafoe double-faults for 30-15. Nadal keeps the first break point alive off the backhand, and the umpire penalises Tiafoe for hitting the ball twice at the net and awards the game to Team Europe! Federer and Sock exchange groundstrokes and, as Nadal moves to the net, Sock plays a simple forehand into the open space. He absolutely rips a forehand that Nadal has to dive to avoid, and Team World will serve for the match! It was no surprise, then, that he was gracious in defeat for one last time, congratulating Sock and Tiafoe at the net with Nadal before embracing members of both Team Europe and Team World.

Roger Federer is bidding farewell to his tennis career with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41.

Federer trotted from the net back to the baseline to consult with Nadal, then pointed to his ear to signal to the fans what the issue was. Similar reactions arrived merely at the chair umpire's announcement before the third game — "Roger Federer to serve" — and when he closed that game with a 117 mph service winner. Doubles requires far less movement and court coverage, of course, so the stress on his knee was limited Friday.