Federer: “I suffered a lot in my knee, but now I’m fine and I enjoy watching the matches”

Changing times for Roger Federer. The Swiss legend, the first men’s Wimbledon champion, received a very special tribute on Tuesday at the legendary Center Court of the All England Club in London. Later, the genius from Basel, the owner of 20 major championships and last year retired from the circuit, recounted his feelings now seeing his teammates from the outside.

At 41 years old – he’ll turn 42 in a month – Federer has been away from the professional tour for 10 months, following his own retirement at the 2022 Laver Cup in London. The Swiss returned to the traditional Wimbledon turf in a special show and stole the applause, with a two-minute standing ovation, to later enjoy the triumph of Elena Rybakina, the defending champion, and the success of Andy Murray, the British idol. They and Carlos Alcaraz, among others, later highly praised him.

After the entertainment, talk to the Helvetian CNN He recounted how he lives now, after sustaining an injury to his right knee and now seeing himself as a spectator on the circuit. This featured La Catedral, the Grand Slam champion who has won the most eight titles, the all-time record in men’s singles.

A year ago, Federer returned to Wimbledon and was the most applauded of the many invited champions, at the centenary celebration at the Center Court of the All England Club in London. “At the time I knew it could happen, because of all the trouble I was having with my right knee, but I remember telling people on the court that I hoped to be back with them next year. I really, really meant it from my heart.”

“I thought about where I would retire, how painful it would be, how much a celebration it could be… Finally, it ended up being something precious, from my point of view. Rafa, Novak, Murray, Borg, McEnroe, Laver Edberg, my team, my family… It was a beautiful ending and I’m happy, because I was very afraid of that moment, of the moment I would leave,” he added.

“Last year was very difficult, because I was still trying to play again, but I suffered a lot in my knee, but now I’m fine, because I had a big send-off in the Laver Cup and now I’m already enjoying watching the games,” commented the Swiss.

Meanwhile, he talked about his trip to Lesotho. “It was really special, even more special than I usually do with my establishment, because my four children were able to come, as well as my wife and my mother. We had a great time. We stayed for three or four days and traveled all over Lesotho, a country in a country that has never been An instance and the last country to join the network of our institution, which is responsible for supporting the early stages of education.”

Now he enjoys tennis as a spectator. And it’s not one other, obviously a far cry from that.