Roger Federer concludes his career on an evening full of emotions. Because these are real, the event does not tip over into kitsch. About a memorable farewell where “everything fits”, as the main actor himself admits.
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Barbara Klimke, London
He didn’t want tragedy, said Roger Federer. Nothing should remind of a funeral. That would have been highly insensitive in London so shortly after the Queen’s national mourning. So no thought of transience, of the finitude of things. Retiring from tennis is not a tragedy. Not a comedy either. And kitsch, Federer had made it clear, he also wanted to avoid.