MOSCOW, Sep 21 Winner of 20 Grand Slam tournaments Swiss tennis player Roger Federer confesses that the announcement of his retirement was a kind of rehabilitation for him after unsuccessful opportunities to return to the court. Federer announced his retirement on 15 September. The last time the 41-year-old Swiss took to the court at Wimbledon was in July 2021.» It was an emotional few weeks as I repeated these words, trying to get them right to reflect how I feel. Thanks to all the people who helped me I've always put aside the thought of ending my career I said the more I think about it the more I'm on my way to retirement I think writing these words was also kind of a rehab for me, like I went through through all these words, felt them,” Federer is quoted by the BBC. “I knew that last year I was walking on very thin ice since I played at Wimbledon. I tried to return, but there was a limit to what «I could do it. And, frankly, I stopped believing in it. We realized very quickly that this was it. Then the question arises: how will you announce and when? That's when it becomes a reality. It was normal, but stressful» — added the Swiss.
