(Watch) Roger Federer and Carlos Alcaraz share time at Laver Cup 2024
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Roger Federer played his last professional tennis match at the 2022 Laver Cup.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz and Swiss maestro Roger Federer have been sharing time together at Laver Cup 2024. Recently, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of Laver Cup has been constantly uploading pictures of the two stars together.
During the dinner before the start of the tournament, Federer joined Team Europe and also posed alongside Alcaraz in a black suit. A video of the two again started garnering views on social media after the 20-time Grand Slam champion was seen setting up Alcaraz’s tie.
During the 2022 Laver Cup, he helped Rafael Nadal get his tie in place. Federer played his last professional tennis match at the 2022 Laver Cup. He teamed up with Rafael Nadal to face Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock to play a men’s doubles tie.
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This year, the Swiss Maestro has returned to the tournament as a spectator. On the first day of the tournament, he was seen playing tennis before he spent time with the players. Again, he greeted the four-time Grand Slam champion.
The eight-time Wimbledon champion also addressed Alcaraz’s playing style and areas of improvement. Federer said, “I think his intensity, the power in his shots, already his physical capabilities that he has. He’s gotta be careful he doesn’t run for basically every ball. because it’s not necessary…but he’ll learn with age and with time.”
However, he also lauded the 2024 Paris Olympics silver medalist and stated that his win over 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the final of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, was his arrival in the tennis world as a star.
Federer added (as per the Australian Open): “But he’s also very strong when it matters the most you know, I’m thinking back right now when he beat Novak in the Wimbledon finals; you know fifth set, this is stuff that we know that Novak, you know thrives and plays at the absolute best. And for Carlos to come through that, I mean, for me, that’s when he showed like, okay, he’s the guy.”
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Shashank is a journalist at Khel Now covering Olympic sports. A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate, he’s a former national-level footballer and multi-sport athlete. A Liverpool fan since 2014, he idolizes Steven Gerrard and admires Rafael Nadal’s grit. Known for his accurate, well-researched reporting, Shashank also follows tennis, WWE, and taekwondo.