Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had talked about the possibility of playing together for the second time in a doubles match at the Laver Cup.
They had already met in the first edition of 2017 held in Prague; However, this time was going to be special because it was the last match of Roger Federer’s professional career.
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“It was a pretty emotional call because Rafa was one of the first people outside of my team who knew about my decision to quit,” Federer explained.
“I said, ‘Hey, before you make any other plans, I’d like you to come to the Laver Cup and play one last doubles match with me. It would be awesome because my knee is not good and it’s the end’
He said: ‘Oh, yeah, my God…. OK, yeah, I’ll be there, whatever happens…”.