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[ad_1] Roger Federer with the Wimbledon trophy© AFPIt is the end of an era in modern day tennis history as Swiss ace Roger Federer has called time on his illustrious career. The serve and volley master, whose game has often been described as 'poetry in motion' by fans, will play his last ATP tournament at the Laver Cup later this year. The first men's tennis player to win 20 grand slam titles, Federer ruled the roost in men's tennis for nearly two decades, sharing the glory with his two eternal rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The trio share amongst them an incredible 63 grand slam titles.While Federer might have been left behind by Nadal and Djokovic in the race for the most grand slam titles, purists consider him to be the greatest men's player to have ever played the game.Here ...

[ad_1] Tennis legend Roger Federer, the first men's player to win 20 grand slam titles, has announced his decision to retire from the sport after Laver Cup 2022. Federer informed of his decision with a post on his Twitter handle. Federer won his first grand slam in the year 2003 when he won the Wimbledon title. He has since gone on to win 6 Australian Opens, 1 French Open, 8 Wimbledon and 5 US Open titles. He has been struggling with a knee injury for a long time."The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event," he said in a statement posted on his Twitter account.The 41-year-old winner of 20 Grand Slam titles has been out of action since a quarter-final loss at Wimbledon in 2021 before undergoing another bout of knee surgery. Federer's announcement comes on the heels of th...