{"id":235831,"date":"2022-09-16T03:54:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T03:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/serena-williams-welcomes-roger-federer-to-retirement-always-looked-up-to-you-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T03:54:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T03:54:42","slug":"serena-williams-welcomes-roger-federer-to-retirement-always-looked-up-to-you-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/serena-williams-welcomes-roger-federer-to-retirement-always-looked-up-to-you-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams welcomes Roger Federer to retirement: &#8216;Always looked up to you&#8217; | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW YORK: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/serena-williams\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_serena-williams\" frmappuse=\"1\">Serena Williams<\/a> welcomed <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/roger-federer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_roger-federer\" frmappuse=\"1\">Roger Federer<\/a> to the <!-- -->tennis<!-- --> &#8220;<!-- -->retirement<!-- --> club&#8221; on Thursday, saying she has always admired and looked up to the Swiss legend. <br \/>Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam champion, said on Thursday he would retire after playing next week in London at the Laver Cup. <br \/>Among those sending congratulations to the 41-year-old icon for his tremendous career was 23-time Grand Slam winner Williams, who said she was &#8220;evolving&#8221; away from tennis, with last week&#8217;s US Open expected to be her final tournament. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"14\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>To my tennis family and beyond,With Love,Roger https:\/\/t.co\/1UISwK1NIN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogerfederer\/status\/1570401710685945856\">1663247919000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to find the perfect way to say this, as you so eloquently put this game to rest &#8212; perfectly done, just like your career,&#8221; Williams said in an Instagram post. <br \/>&#8220;I have always looked up to you and admired you. Our paths were always so similar, so much the same. You inspired countless millions and millions of people &#8212; including me &#8212; and we will never forget.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Williams came as close as she has come to firmly saying her own career is complete by welcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/federer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_federer\" frmappuse=\"1\">Federer<\/a> into &#8220;the retirement club.&#8221; <br \/>&#8220;I applaud you and look forward to all that you do in the future,&#8221; Williams wrote. &#8220;Welcome to the retirement club. 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