(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Roger Federer’s name will be inextricably linked to the Wimbledon tournament. The Swiss champion has dispensed any kind of tricks throughout his long career, but it is on the lawns of the All England Club that he gave his best, winning the tournament eight times.
The quarter-final of the 2021 edition, lost against Hubert Hurkacz, was the Swiss’ last appearance as a player in the London Grand Slam. The Wimbledon YouTube page shared a video titled Top 10 Only Roger Federer Shots at Wimbledon, featuring the Swiss’ best tricks in London.
Here is the video:
Federer at Wimbledon
But a sensational suggestion is raging on social media: what if Federer returns to the court at Wimbledon this year? It all stems from a response given to a tweet by the Prince and Princess of Wales William and Kate from the Swiss, who to the question: “Does anyone want some tennis?” he replied: “Contact me!” From there, the minds of fans began to travel.
There are those who think that Federer can participate in the Legends tournament and those who even speculate that he will enter the main draw benefiting from a wild card: dreaming costs nothing, someone said. Speaking of returning to the court, Roger Federer was recently seen holding a racket again.
The scenario was, obviously, not an official match, but a training in the name of healthy fun with a group of school children on the occasion of the inauguration of a field near Abbey Wood, in London. The funny moment, very tender, was then spread on social networks.
As for future projects, rumors had spread that Roger Federer would soon take on the role of television commentator on behalf of the BBC at Wimbledon. However, the news was promptly denied by the Swiss who, present in Halle for the thirtieth anniversary of the tournament, clarified in an interview with Tagesanzeiger: “First of all, I thought it would be nice to comment on the matches of the generation of players against whom I played, I know them better.
But becoming a commentator the year after I retired just didn’t feel right. Maybe I’ll comment someday, maybe never.”
