The 20-time Grand Slam winner will bid farewell to professional tennis after playing match No.4 of the Laver Cup 2022 on Friday in London. After battling against Nadal in 40 blockbuster matches, Federer will team up with the King of Clay in doubles at the Laver Cup 2022, which is set to be the final match of his trophy-laden career.

“I think tennis is at quite a high level right now, men’s tennis, and I think that you have the mix of the best in the world like Rafa and Novak and Roger, if he comes back, but you have to name the mix of the newer generation as well who are a threat to them.Laver Cup, live streaming: For the umpteenth time in his decorated career, Swiss marvel Roger Federer will headline a blockbuster event alongside his long-time rival Rafael Nadal. I won big events like the Olympics, as well. We have Tsitsipas, Medvedev who is a US Open champion. But I think our generation is very strong as well. I’m not sure at the age of 41 if he is going to win Grand Slams again but obviously you have to mention him,” Zverev added. “We still have the best players in the world playing with Novak, Rafa, and Roger is coming back.

Nevertheless, the German’s victory did help push back the prospect of a “lost” generation of players who have failed to overthrow the duopoly of Nadal and Djokovic and are now at risk of being overtaken by the likes of Alcaraz and fellow teenager Holger Rune, who lost in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. I’m happy that I have done it, but it’s not my biggest concern, I would say.” “I’ve had a lot of great matches, but yes, I have lost a lot of them. “I don’t think about that in that way,” Zverev said. Zverev meanwhile is riding high off the back of his first ever grand slam win over a top-10 player, beating teenage sensation Alcaraz in straight sets, although he insists getting that particular monkey off his back has had little impact. So the way to keep having chances to go through is very aggressive, to play with the right determination since the beginning to the end and just be focused all the time.”

“He’s a great player of course, one of the best of the world without a doubt, and he has a lot of great things.

“The first thing that I need to do is play very, very, very well,” Nadal added. However, the altitude in the Spanish capital is said to favour the big servers on tour and when the pair met again in 2021 in Rome, a more Roland Garros-like set of conditions, it was Nadal who triumphed in straight sets. How Novak Djokovic can reclaim world No 1 in rankings without even playing 22 March, 2023 How to watch the Miami Open and when Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu are playing today 22 March, 2023 Opinion | Potapova controversy shows Wimbledon the pitfalls of allowing Russian players in 15 March, 2023

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