MOSCOW, Sep 24 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer burst into tears during an interview after the last match in his career. On Friday, the Swiss played the final match of his career, at the Laver Cup paired with the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, they lost to Jack Sock and Francis Tiafoe from the USA with a score of 6:4, 6:7 (2:7), 9:11. «I'm happy, I'm not sad. I feel great being here and I enjoyed tying my shoes again. It was the last time. The match was great, it was wonderful. Playing with Rafa on the same team against the guys, all the legends gathered here, thank you,» Federer was quoted as saying by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website. «For me, it really feels like a celebration. I wanted to feel it at the end, and that's exactly what I was hoping for, so thank you,» — added the Swiss. Federer made his debut in professional tennis in 1998, earned 130.594 million she had dollars in prize money and set many records. In particular, he was the oldest first racket in the world (36 years old) and stayed at the top of the rankings for 237 weeks in a row. At the Grand Slam tournaments (20 wins), Federer won 369 matches, reached the semi-finals 46 times (23 times in a row) and played 58 times in the quarter-finals (36 times in a row). In total, the Swiss won 111 tournaments under the auspices of the ATP (103 of them in singles), became the Olympic champion (2008) in doubles and the silver medalist of the Games (2012) in singles, and also won the Davis Cup (2014).
