Roger Federer’s career will be honoured at Wimbledon on Centre Court
On Tuesday, the second day of the championships, Wimbledon will hold a special ceremony on Centre Court to honour Roger Federer’s accomplishments at the All England Club.
The eight-time champion Swiss, who announced his retirement in September of last year, will pay a visit to the locations of some of his biggest victories and receive honours before to the start of the match.Sally Bolton, the chief executive of the All England Club, said on Monday, “I’m happy to report that Roger will be among us tomorrow and that we will have a special celebratory moment on Centre Court before play starts solely to honour him as the man holding the most gentlemen’s singles titles here at Wimbledon.We’ll take a minute to honour his accomplishments and express our gratitude for all the memories, she continued.
The Laver Cup in London saw Roger Federer, 41, announce his retirement in moving scenes. Last month’s grass-court competition in Halle, Germany, saw Federer receive a similar award.Serena Williams, 41, who had retired from tennis a few weeks prior at the US Open, had also been invited to Wimbledon, but she was unable to attend, according to Bolton.
Serena was also invited this year, but as you are aware, she is pregnant and was unable to travel, according to Bolton.Naturally, we wish her success for the balance of her pregnancy and we hope to see her again sometime next yearAt Wimbledon this year, Novak Djokovic is the overwhelming favourite to win his 24th Grand Slam championship and tie Roger Federer’s male record of eight singles titles.
When the Serb defeated Casper Ruud to win the French Open and won a record-breaking 23rd men’s Grand Slam trophy last month, he made history.The 36-year-old Serb broke the tie of 22 Slams he shared with his longtime rival Rafael Nadal by defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 7-5 and winning his third French Open championship.
