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Two greats joined together in a tearful goodbye after the Swiss played his final match

Roger Federer has ended his superlative professional tennis career at age 41 with a loss in doubles alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup

Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative career that spanned nearly a quarter-century and included 20 Grand Slam titles.

The all-time tennis great played his last match as a professional on Friday in a doubles match at the Laver Cup. It was bizarre, but fitting, for an athlete who never seemed trapped by his sport.

This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer was bidding farewell Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after an illustrious career that included…

Roger Federer is bidding farewell to his tennis career with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41

The eight-time Wimbledon champion has announced his retirement from tennis – but his fashion sense will be missed as much as his athletic prowess

MIAMI — It seems fitting, in a way, that Roger Federer chose to retire from tennis this weekend in London, the home of Wimbledon and a city of royals.

There’s not much Serena Williams can’t do. Win tennis matches? Raise a family? Run a thriving venture capital firm? Be an international symbol of grace and strength and resilience? Easy-peasy.

Roger Federer’s farewell news conference will come before what he has said will be the last competitive tennis event of his career

Williams, 40, and Federer, 41, have both announced in short succession their plans to retire, leaving the tennis world without two of its most iconic players.