Laver Cup 2022 Live Score Updates: Federer teams up with Nadal in final match against Tiafoe/Sock
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Roger Federer waves at fans at the end of his last match after announcing his retirement. Reuters/Andrew Boyers.
Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal vs Frances Tiafoe/Jack Sock, Live Tennis Score Streaming and Updates: 20-time grand slam winner, Roger Federer will play the last match of his professional Tennis career, teaming with rival and friend Rafael Nadal in a doubles fixture in the Laver Cup. Standing across the court from the two stars will be two upcoming ones in Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.
Federer had announced his retirement last week via social media. The 41-year-old had said in a press conference ahead of Laver Cup that ‘playing doubles with Rafa (as his last match) would be an absolute dream’.
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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic reveal their most memorable matches against Roger Federer
(From left), Britain’s Andy Murray, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Spain’s Rafael Nadal attend a training session ahead of the Laver Cup tennis tournament at the O2 in London. (AP | PTI)
As Roger Federer gears up to say his final goodbye to tennis at the Laver Cup, he will do so surrounded by his greatest rivals. The Swiss is joined by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray – the fabled ‘Big Four’ from the golden era of men’s tennis, with Team Europe this week. At the pre-event team press conference in London, his rivals spoke about their most memorable encounters.
Nadal mentioned the Wimbledon 2008 final, the last in a trilogy of summit clashes the pair played at SW19, that was marred by rain and saw Nadal’s two-set lead slip in two tiebreaks before going into extra-time. The Spaniard won the final set 9-7 in near darkness on Centre Court. But for him, the standout match came in 2017, when the duo, returning from a long injury lay-off the year before, came back to meet in the final of the Australian Open, which Nadal lost in five sets despite being a break up in the decider. (READ MORE)