Another one of tennis’s all-time greats is going to retire.
Roger Federer, winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles in an unbelievable career that will end at the age of 41, announced Thursday that he would retire from competitive tennis after the Laver Cup in London.
What a career it was. Despite the fact that Federer didn’t win as many Grand Slams as fellow legends Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, you could argue he was the best of his generation, and the fact that he thrived when there was so much incredible competition speaks volumes, too.
Tweets came in from all over the tennis world after the announcement: