Swiss legend Roger Federer announced his retirement from competitive tennis on 16 September. In a letter, he has announced that the upcoming Laver Cup in September this year will be his last Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) event. It was a distinguished career for Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam titles. As a young boy, he shocked the world by harassing then-Numero Uno tennis player Pete Sampras at a Wimbledon game in 2001. Since then he never looked back. What followed was one of the greatest performances in tennis by a single player. He achieved a real dominance in the field of tennis in his career. As a matter of fact, he holds the record for being ranked No. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks in ATP history. One of the other examples of his dominance was that he is the only player to reach the final of all 4 Slams in a season three times in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Also, he is the one who has won the most Grand Slam men’s singles main matches – 369 – in the Open Era. He had won 17 Grand Slam titles by 2017 and was eventually able to add three more Grand Slam titles by 2018. In the later part of his career, he had several nerve-wracking battles with other contemporary greats like Rafael Nadal and Novak. Djokovic. His indomitable passion for the game was evident as he was unwilling to budge and age prevented him from achieving glory. Eventually Naik gave him the title of ‘better’. He had the most aesthetically pleasing playing technique and has been hailed by experts around the world as one of the top three greatest players of all time. As he announced his retirement, tributes poured in from around the world. It is the evening of one of the greatest careers in sports ever seen.