‘The Knee Has Been Rough on Me’ – Roger Federer Gets Emotional as He Talks About Centre Court and Wimbledon Championships
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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 7, 2021 Switzerland’s Roger Federer reacts during his quarter final match against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz REUTERS/Toby Melville
20-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer is currently away from the tennis court due to his knee injury and did not take part in this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Due to his absence, many fans did not turn up to this year’s Championships, as the low attendance is clearly visible.
However, today, the 8-time Wimbledon Champion returned to the Centre Court at Wimbledon to attend the centenary celebrations. During this celebratory event, Federer spoke about missing the Centre Court this year, as his knee injury.
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Roger Federer talks about his knee injury at Wimbledon Championships 2022
Today, the Swiss Maestro spoke passionately about missing Wimbledon and its crowd. “I hope I can come back to Centre Court one more time. I miss being here,” Federer said during the ceremony.
Federer. "I hope I can comeback to Centre Court one more time. I miss being here."
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 3, 2022
He also talked about being in a different role this time, as he said, “It feels awkward to be here today in a different type of role. I hope I can come back one more time.”
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Federer: “It feels awkward to be here today in a different type of role. I hope I can comeback one more time."#Wimbledon
— Gaspar Ribeiro Lança (@gasparlanca) July 3, 2022
Federer also talked about his knee, which has been bothering him since last year. Speaking about it, he said, “I knew walking out here last year it was gonna be a tough year ahead. Maybe, didn’t think it was gonna take me this long to come back, but the knee has been rough on me.”
Notably, today is the 100th anniversary of the main stadium of the Wimbledon Championships, i.e. Centre Court. Earlier, Wimbledon invited many former champions to this event, including Venus Williams, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Simona Halep, Martina Navratilova, and many other current and former champions. Unfortunately, 9-time Wimbledon champion, Navratilova, could not be at the ceremony after she tested positive for Covid.
Federer’s record at the Wimbledon Championships
Undoubtedly, Wimbledon is Federer’s favorite Grand Slam tournament, as he won it 8-times in his career, the most by any male player in the history of tennis. Hence, many fans call the Swiss player, ‘Grass court king’. Also, he won his very first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon in 2003.
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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 1, 2021 Switzerland’s Roger Federer celebrates winning his second round match against France’s Richard Gasquet REUTERS/Paul Childs
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Deepakshi Chaudhary