Roger Federer on Retirement and His Evolution in Tennis
Roger Federer is playing the last professional tennis match of his career this week. It\u2019s the end of an incredible run. Over two decades, he has demonstrated an unmatchable court intelligence and temperament, winning twenty Grand Slam titles and spending three hundred and ten weeks as the top-ranked men\u2019s player.\nIn 2019, on the eve of playing in his nineteenth U.S. Open, Federer spoke with David Remnick about how he got over an early hot temper and predilection for throwing racquets on the court. At the advanced age of thirty-eight\u2014and as a father of young children\u2014Federer explained what he had to give up in order to keep playing professionally. \u201cI think it\u2019s nice to keep on playing, and really squeeze the last drop of lemon out of it,\u201d he told Remnick, \u201cand not leave the game of tennis thinking, Oh, I should have stayed longer.\u201d\nThis segment originally aired on August 23, 2019.