Murray on Federer's farewell: "Finishing alongside Nadal just felt right"

Andy Murray was present for the retirement of Roger Federer in London as he was part of Team Europe for the 2022 Laver Cup and he found it fitting.

The final match of Roger Federer's professional career was a doubles match played for Team Europe alongside his friend and rival Rafael Nadal. They wrote so many chapters of tennis history together that it was very fitting for them to share the court once more for the final chapter of Federer's career.

Murray certainly feels that it was very fitting:

"I think the way it was done was brilliant, him finishing alongside Rafa just kind of felt right, and I really enjoyed the week and getting to spend some time with those guys again, there has hardly been any tournament in the last four or five years where all of us have actually competed in the same event, primarily because of injuries and age."

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Murray will remember the experience fondly as he had a really great time because as he noted above there were not many events where all of them were together. He added:

"So yeah, it was great to be a part of that and it was obviously really sad to see him go but that's what happens in sports. Get to a certain age and your body is not able to do what it once did and it's tough and it's brutal but he seemed totally at peace with the decision."

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