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Switzerland tennis legend Roger Federer has officially announced that he will retire from the sport after the Laver Cup in London later this month.<\/p>\n

Federer<\/a>, a 20-time Grand Slam winner made the announcement on his Twitter handle on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old has not played since Wimbledon 2021, after which he had a third knee operation.<\/p>\n

Federer wrote: \u201cMy body’s message to me lately has been clear.<\/p>\n

“I have played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years. Now I must recognise when it is time to end my competitive career.<\/p>\n

“To the game of tennis, I love you and will never leave you.<\/p>\n

“This is a bittersweet decision because I will miss everything the tour has given me.<\/p>\n

“But, at the same time, there is so much to celebrate. I consider myself one of the most fortunate people on Earth. I was given a special talent to play tennis and I did it at a level that I never imagined for much longer than I ever thought possible.<\/p>\n

“I was lucky enough to play so many epic matches that I will never forget. We battled fairly, with passion and intensity, and I always tried my best to respect the history of the game.<\/p>\n

“I feel extremely grateful. We pushed each other, and together we took tennis to new levels.”<\/p>\n

Federer has struggled with a knee problem for the past three years that has restricted him to only three of the 11 Grand Slams staged since the start of 2020.<\/p>\n

He has not played a competitive match since losing to Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last summer.<\/p>\n

Only Spain’s Rafael Nadal, with 22 majors, and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, with 21, have more men’s Grand Slam singles titles than the legendary Swiss.<\/p>\n

Federer made his professional debut aged 16 in 1998 and won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003.<\/p>\n

He ends his career with a record total of eight men’s singles victories at the All England Club.<\/p>\n

Federer’s final Grand Slam triumph came at the 2018 Australian Open when, aged 36, he became the second-oldest man to win a major singles title in the Open era.<\/p>\n

After rising to world number one for the first time in 2004, he spent 310 weeks as the leading player on the ATP Tour during his career – a record until he was surpassed by Djokovic in February 2021.<\/p>\n

His retirement announcement comes less than two weeks after 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams played what is expected to be the final match of her career at the US Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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