Laver Cup schedule

Federer is one of six players on team Europe, joining his great rivals as well as Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas, as the Swiss plays in his final tournament ...

Having Rod Laver. Playing with Rafa, having the guys here. I didn’t feel stress, even if I thought something might go, a calf, my back. I always felt like a team player, singles doesn’t let you do that. “It has been adifficult day to handle every single thing, and at the end everything become super emotional. The last two days have been tough, you know, to say the least. I started with double fault and I was shaking a little bit. Roger Federer: “It came in phases today. Laver Cup 2022: Reaction following Federer’s last match However, the match was overshadowed by a bizarre climate change protest [in which a man set his arm on fire while on court](/sport/tennis/laver-cup-protest-arm-fire-climate-change-b2174037.html), while wearing a t-shirt that read: “End UK Private Jets”. Afterwards, Federer was emotional and Nadal joined him in breaking down in tears as the 41-year-old reflected upon his career and his final goodbye. Federer, who will go down as perhaps the greatest champion in tennis history, retires from the sport after a thrilling defeat to the Team World pair of [Jack Sock](/topic/jack-sock) and Frances Tiafoe, who won [4-6 7-6 (11-9) on a deciding tiebreak late in to the night](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/roger-federer-last-match-laver-cup-nadal-b2174328.html) in London.