This evening of Friday, September 23, 2022, Roger Federer will never forget it. After losing his double with Rafael Nadal (they lost to the American pair Frances Tiafoe -Jack Sock, 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 9-11), the 41-year-old Swiss champion officially bid farewell, in tears. Roger Federer is a retired tennis player.
Among the thousands of spectators present at the O2 Arena in London Mirka, Roger Federer’s wife since more than 2009, but also their children. Mirka and Roger Federer are the happy parents of other children, two sets of twins, who only show up on very rare occasions. Myla and Charlene were born in July 2009 and Leo and Lenny were born in 2014. The last time they officially appeared was several years ago in 2019 when their dad was playing at Wimbledon.
Just like Roger Federer, his wife Mirka and their grown-up children couldn’t hold back their tears last night. The emotion was far too great, so much so that even Rafael Nadal, his biggest rival on the courts, but also his friend, cracked.
“I wasn’t stressed so much“, assured Roger Federer even if, after a year and a half without playing and with a right knee that forced him to retire, he feared “a calf glitch or a locked back during the game, so I’m really happy to have finished it”. Reflecting on his exceptional career, the Swiss assured that he “would start again without changing anything“.”It should never have been like this, I just loved playing tennis and hanging out with my friends. I never thought it would end here, it’s been a perfect course“, he confided. The hardest thing for him was to talk about his family present in the stands.