The last available tickets to see “King Roger” are sold at exorbitant prices that start at 28 thousand euros and go up to 50 thousandreported the Italian agency ANSA.
However, Federer’s presence was questioned on Tuesday by one of his most trusted physiotherapists, Pierre Paganini: “He will decide at the last moment if he plays or not”he said, emphatically, in dialogue with the Swiss newspaper “Blink”.
“His problem is not just in the knee,” Paganini said, referring to Federer’s surgery last year on his right leg joint. “Roger had been evaluating retiring since July, when he noticed that he was getting more and more tired as the intensity of his training increased. He played many games in his career and put his body through maximum efforts”he added.
In a London that resumes its usual activities after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the focus is on the decision of the 41-year-old Federer, ahead of the tournament that will host the O2 Arena from Friday to Sunday.
In principle, Federer himself – who trained with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on Tuesday – confirmed that he would play the tournament with the European team led by the Swedish Bjorn Borg and also integrated, among others, by the Spanish Rafael Nadal and the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the remaining members of the so-called “Big 3” that reigned in the circuit in the last two decades.
Precisely, Nadal would be his doubles partner. In dialogue with Swiss journalist Rene Stauffer, “Her Majesty of her” asserted that she will only be able to play as a couple, and that she will probably do so on Friday. “Maybe I can play doubles with Rafa, that would be an absolute dream.”said the former World No. 1.
Federer is already in London, where 14 months ago he took to the ring for the last time before his prolonged absence from the circuit due to the new operation on his right knee, this time with a defeat against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, a tournament he won eight times.
Source: Ambito
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