: Roger Federer retires: What it was like to watch a surreal Friday Fedal farewell unfold in London #IndiaNEWS After many years of watching Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday evenings in London, I didn’t

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Roger Federer retires: What it was like to watch a surreal Friday Fedal farewell unfold in London #IndiaNEWS
After many years of watching Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday evenings in London, I didn’t imagine I would watch a match on a Friday evening in the city that wasn’t on Centre Court at SW19 or on that occasion and yet be something that is much bigger. But then, I don’t think I was the only one unprepared for the occasion. More than 17,000 fans at the O2 Arena and many more across the world shared the feeling of being overwhelmed. We were witnessing a legend walk away from the sport, in a fashion that nobody ever thought he would – not at a Grand Slam, not playing singles and not playing against his greatest rival, but alongside him.It had been a week since Roger Federer announced his retirement from the sport. A week since everybody who followed tennis were trying to digest that he is done with competitive tennis. It wasn’t going to be easy, but we were going to try our best to cope.We would realise later that it was not just us fans, but even Roger and Rafa were not prepared for the occasion.Electric atmosphereAs expected, the O2 arena was buzzing well before the gates were open. The fan zone was packed...Read more

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