Roger Federer reveals the best and worst matches of his career ahead of retirement following Laver Cup

Roger Federer has picked his straight-sets win over Lleyton Hewitt in the final of the 2004 US Open as the favourite match of his career. Federer, 41, will retire from professional tennis after this weekend's Laver Cup in London. Ad The 20-time Grand Slam singles champion began his career on the ATP Tour in 1998 after becoming a junior Grand Slam champion at Wimbledon.

Laver CupClijsters: Federer the closest thing to perfect, but he had two sides when younger2 HOURS AGO He secured his first senior major title on the grass five years later, but has chosen his performance in his fourth Grand Slam final as the best of his career. Speaking exclusively to Eurosport's Barbara Schett, Federer revealed that he felt that his 6-0 7-6(3) 6-0 victory over Hewitt was «perfect», helping him establish his place as the world's top male tennis player. «I haven't really gone back to that and thought 'let me look through the list',» Federer said when asked by Schett if there was one match in which he felt he played his best tennis.

«For me the US Open final against Leyton Hewitt, where I won 6-0 7-6 6-0, is special. Federer wants final 'beautiful moment' with Nadal Clijsters: Federer the closest thing to perfect player »It does not happen like that in Grand Slam finals – where you take off like that in the first set, have a wobble in the second set but then you dominate in the third again. «For me that match was perfect.

I was on top of the world. [I was] world No. 1 and showed the world that I was a deserving world No.

1 and it was against a guy who I respect so much. »But I really struggled early on in my career and then to end up there to me felt like a perfect storm. I feel like if I looked back I would most like to play that match