Roger Federer was defeated in the last match of his career, when he and his partner Rafael Nadal were beaten 6-4, 6(2)-7(7), 9-11 by Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock of Team World at the 2022 Laver Cup on September 24. The 42-year-old announced his retirement from tennis earlier in September on social media, and his farewell fixture did not turn out how one imagined it would be.

Federer and Nadal played for Team Europe at the 2022 Laver Cup, whereas Tiafoe and Sock, both from the United States, represented Team World. The Swiss maestro has won the Laver Cup three times in his career, one less than the highest winner Alexander Zverev (4) and one more than his partner on the night, Rafael Nadal (2).

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Watch the final moments of Roger Federer’s last-ever career match here:

The Team Europe duo, Federer and Nadal, are considered two of the greatest players of the century and have won 20 and 22 Grand Slam titles respectively. Federer has also won the third-most major titles in the history of tennis, behind Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The runner-up pair started the match on a strong note, winning the first set 6-4. They also won the opening game of the second set but conceded a break point in the third game. Federer and Nadal managed to break Tiafoe and Sock in the fifth game, however, the Team World pair forced them to a tiebreaker in the second set, which they won 6(2)-7(7).

The third and penultimate set saw Federer and Nadal leading 3-0 at the initial stages and they broke Tiafoe and Sock in the opening set itself. However, the American duo made a comeback and won the third set 9-11.

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“We’ll get through this somehow, will we? Right?” an emotional Federer said after the match. “I’m happy, I’m not sad. It feels great to be here and I enjoyed tying my shoes one more time. Everything was the last time. The match was great, I couldn’t be happier. It’s been wonderful,” he added.

“It does feel like a celebration to me. I wanted to feel like this at the end, and it’s exactly what I hoped for, so thank you,” the 20-time Grand Slam winner said in a broken voice.