Dream double perfect: Federer competes with Nadal

As hoped, the Swiss can compete in doubles for Team Europe at the Laver Cup in London on Friday with his long-time rival Rafael Nadal from Spain. This emerges from the schedule published on Thursday. The duel with the Americans Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe in the night session will be the last official match in Federer's unique career.

"Tomorrow evening. My last match. Doubles with Rafael Nadal,” Federer wrote on Twitter, captioning his message with a muscle arm and a red heart. Nadal replied to his former rival just a few minutes later: “An honor and a real pleasure.” 42 Grand Slam titles together Federer had wanted Nadal, with whom he had many high-class duels over the past few years, as a doubles partner. It would be “a very special situation if that happened,” the 41-year-old said. With 20 Grand Slam tournament victories, Federer has two fewer than record holder Nadal. Last week Federer announced that he wanted to end his career after the Laver Cup after three knee operations.

At the tournament in London from Friday to Sunday, a European team will compete against a selection of players from the rest of the world. The Norwegian US Open finalist Casper Ruud will play against Sock at the start, followed by Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) and Diego Schwartzman (Argentina). Immediately before the doubles, British tennis star Andy Murray and Alex de Minaur from Australia face each other.

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Dream double perfect: Federer competes with Nadal

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