Singer Ellie Goulding had the hottest ticket of the night at the 2022 Laver Cup event. She sang two of her hits: ‘Still Falling for You’ and ‘Burn’ to bid farewell to one of the most talented players the game of tennis has ever known, Roger Federer. Federer had told Björn Borg ahead of attending the event that he wasn’t sure that his troublesome knee would hold up for singles play, but he would play a doubles match.
In his doubles match with Nadal, the pair had a match point, but a win was not to be as they lost to the American duo Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock, 4-6, 7-6(11-9), after two hours and 13 minutes on court.
Audiences around the world were treated to emotional scenes as
Mirka and their children went down to the court from the stands to hug and comfort Federer, who said that he was not sad, but happy. He was obviously very emotional after the match. The Laver Cup event was actually not the event officially counted as his last professional match on the ATP calendar. Federer last played a singles match the previous season on his beloved grass court during Wimbledon, where he lost in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-0, to Polish player Hubert Hurkacz.
