Alcaraz, Nadal put Spain at 1-2 in ATP rankings for 1st time
NEW YORK: No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 2 Rafael Nadal are the first countrymen to top the ATP rankings in 22 years.
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Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal make history with Spaniards set to take top two ATP ranking spots
Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal will make history when they become the top two ranked players in the world on Monday. Casper Ruud’s defeat to Yoshihito Nishioka in the quarter-finals of the Korea Open on Friday will see him surrender the No. 2 spot to Nadal when the ATP rankings are updated.
The Roger Federer 20: Swiss legend's greatest and most important matches ranked after retirement from tennis
Roger Federer is officially retired from tennis. The 20-time Grand Slam champion called time on a legendary career after playing alongside great rival and friend Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup, losing to Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe in his final competitive outing. Ad ‘Fedal’ were beaten 4-6 7-6(2) 11-9 by the Team World duo in London in an emotional showing at the O2.
Roger Federer’s last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal
LONDON: Roger Federer wrapped up his superlative professional tennis career at age 41 with a loss in doubles alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup on Friday night. Federer, who won 20 Grand Slam titles, and Nadal, whose 22 are the men’s record, paired up for Team Europe and were beaten by Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock of Team World 4-6, 7-6 (2), 11-9 at the O2 Arena. Federer announced last week that this team event founded by his management company would be his final event before retirement, then made clear the doubles outing would be his last match.
"Tennis Is Bigger Than Any Of Us," Says Roger Federer Ahead Of Last Competitive Match. Watch
Roger Federer will bid a final goodbye to competitive tennis later tonight on Friday as he plays his last match in the Laver Cup 2022. Federer will team up with his long-time rival Rafael Nadal in a doubles match representing Team Europe against the pair of Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. Federer had announced that his Laver Cup appearance this year will be the end of his career. He had been out of action for a while due to a knee injury.
US great Sampras pays tribute to departing Federer
Pete Sampras, the 14-time Grand Slam champion whose Wimbledon reign was ended by Roger Federer in 2001, paid tribute to the Swiss great in a social media video on Thursday.
US great Pete Sampras pays tribute to departing Roger Federer
Pete Sampras, the 14-time Grand Slam champion whose Wimbledon reign was ended by Roger Federer in 2001, paid tribute to the Swiss great in a social media video on Thursday. Federer, winner of 20 Grand Slam titles and one of the best players in history, is making a farewell appearance at the Laver Cup in London on Friday before he heads into retirement. Sampras took the occasion to recall their only meeting -- when 19-year-old Federer beat him in the fourth round at the All England Club.
King of kings Federer leaves the grand stage ... and tennis will never be the same again
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. And so it shall be long after the epoch of the maestro, Roger Federer. To borrow from that old Romantic, Keats, it will never pass into nothingness but only increase in loveliness.