The eyes of Tennis fans all across the globe were set on the Laver Cup last night as Roger Federer walked onto the court to play his last competitive tennis game. The legend was teamed up with his greatest rival Rafael Nadal and was representing team Europe. After the historic day, a video showing the bromance between the two Tennis legends has been going viral on social media.
In the video, Nadal can be heard saying, “I need to go to the toilet” to which Federer quickly replied, “I will come with you.” Federer’s career ended with a defeat on Friday.
Watch the video here:
Rafael Nadal: "I need to go to the toilet."
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Federer and Nadal went down to team World’s Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 11-9 at the O2 arena. After the match, Federer got emotional as he recalled some of the biggest highlights of his career. Upon seeing Federer, Nadal also could not hold back his tears and he was also quite emotional.
In his entire career, Federer enjoyed a great rivalry with Nadal and Djokovic. Against the Spaniard Nadal, he played 40 times where the Swiss tennis player trailed 16-24. Against Djokovic, Federer is trailing 23-27.
However, the matches with both Nadal and Djokovic captured everyone’s imagination and no one can forget the Wimbledon finals that Federer played against Nadal and Djokovic in 2008 and 2019 respectively. Both of these were marathon matches, lasting for more than 4 hours.
Apart from eight Wimbledon titles, Federer went on to win five US Open titles, 1 French Open title and 6 Australian Open titles. Throughout his career, Federer enjoyed a great rivalry with the likes of Nadal and Djokovic. Touted as the ‘Big Three’, these stars dominated the sport like no one else has.
Federer has won a total of 103 titles in his career. These include 6 ATP finals titles. 71 Hard Court titles, and 19 Grass Court titles. All of these above are all-time records. Apart from these, Federer has won the Olympic singles silver medal, and Olympic doubles gold medal. He is also a Davis Cup champion.
