Laver Cup -- Roger Federer retires from tennis after playing the final match of his career

LONDON — After 24 years on the ATP Tour, with 20 Grand Slam titles and 103 tournament wins worldwide to his name, Roger Federer played his final professional match on Friday night, when he partnered with his old rival Rafael Nadal in doubles at the fifth edition of the Laver Cup.

While he and Nadal ultimately lost the match to Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe, it was as entertaining as expected. Here's what happened:

It's over — and this wasn't in the script. Federer and Nadal had a match point at 9-8 in the deciding tiebreak but couldn't take it and Sock and Tiafoe win it 11-9.

«It's been a wonderful day,» Federer said on the court after the match. «I said to the guys I'm not sad, I'm happy. It feels like a celebration to me. It's exactly what I had hoped for.»

It's not the fairytale ending but it doesn't matter. What a great match — and what a career for Federer. — Simon Cambers

Team World triumphs in the doubles. The moment <a href=«https://twitter.com/JackSock92?ref_src=» https:>@JackSock92

and <a href=«https://twitter.com/FTiafoe?ref_src=» https:>@FTiafoe defeat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaverCup?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#LaverCup pic.twitter.com/aHLDM4GCij

You have to give it to the Americans — they play a superb tiebreak to take the second set. Federer's final match will be decided in a 10-point tiebreaker. — Simon Cambers

Most of the excitement has come at the changeovers — especially when one man removed about 10 shirts to the sound of Billy Idol's «Mony Mony.»

Shirts off for Fedal. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaverCup?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#LaverCup

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