Roger Federer’s wife breaks down in tears and admits she misses him playing tennis in emotive scenes in new documentary
ROGER FEDERER’S wife breaks down in tears as she admits she misses watching him play tennis at the highest level.
A new Prime Video documentary charts the final 12 days of Federer’s illustrious career in September 2022 when he retired from competitive tennis.
A camera crew followed the 20-time Grand Slam champion behind-the-scenes as he said goodbye to the sport at the Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London.
Wife Mirka, whom Federer married in April 2009, gives a rare yet emotional public appearance in the documentary as the eight-time Wimbledon champion put away his racquet for good.
In a tearful interview, Mirka, 46, said: “I will miss seeing him play tennis.
“Just because he plays so gracefully and so incredible. I think people will miss the same.
“I’m just so happy to live with him and be with him. I’m going to always be there for him. Yeah, so excited that I found him in my life.”
Former professional tennis player Mirka, who first met Federer while representing Switzerland at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, added: “I think I am a little bit happy/sad.
“It’s been an incredible journey, which went by really, really fast. We had the best time together on Tour. I will be there to support Roger.”
Having failed to recover properly from knee surgery, Federer told the world on September 15 via his Instagram channel that he would be quitting the sport.
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