Roger Federer set to play 'special' final match of career on Friday with Rafael Nadal

By George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 1114 GMT (1914 HKT) September 22, 2022

');$vidEndSlate.removeClass('video__end-slate--inactive').addClass('video__end-slate--active');}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true)? true: false;var configObj = {thumb: 'none',video: 'sports/2022/09/16/roger-federer-career-obit-snell-pkg-intl-ovn-hnk-vpx.cnn',width: '100%',height: '100%',section: 'international',profile: 'expansion',network: 'cnn',markupId: 'large-media_0',adsection: 'const-article-carousel-pagetop',frameWidth: '100%',frameHeight: '100%',posterImageOverride: {«mini»:{«width»:220,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-small-169.jpg",«height»:124},«xsmall»:{«width»:300,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-medium-plus-169.jpg",«height»:173},«small»:{«width»:460,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-large-169.jpg",«height»:259},«medium»:{«width»:780,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-exlarge-169.jpg",«height»:438},«large»:{«width»:1100,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-super-169.jpg",«height»:619},«full16x9»:{«width»:1600,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-full-169.jpg",«height»:900},«mini1x1»:{«width»:100,«type»:«jpg»,«uri»:"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220916135657-split-roger-federer-small-11.jpg",«height»:100}}},autoStartVideo = false,isVideoReplayClicked = false,callbackObj,containerEl,currentVideoCollection = [{«title»:«See Roger Federer share tears and laughter with CNN