There is still life in Roger Federer and he will want to extend his Grand Slam record of 20 before retiring.
The question has been lingering for years, when will Roger Federer retire?
Only the Swiss himself will know the answer, but for now he has vowed to fight on to win more titles and write new chapters in his legacy.
Rod Laver claimed earlier this week that Federer, 38, can surpass 40 years of age before calling time on his illustrious career.
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“He feels he can play on for a few years,” Laver said.
“In fact, one time, two or three years ago he said he thought he could play until he’s 40.
“At the moment he’s 38. And playing as well as pretty much – you saw the Wimbledon final, where they played for four-and-a-half hours against Djokovic, and he had match points.
“I feel like he can make them till he’s 40. He may go beyond that.”
Tennis broadcasters David Law and Catherine Whitaker were discussing what Federer will do once he retires and whether he will go down the route of coaching or commentary.
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Law said on the Tennis Podcast: “I think it might for Federer [commentary or punditry] but I don’t quite know what would be big enough that he would bother with.”
But Whitaker has envisaged a slightly different career path that the all-time great could venture down once he does decide to call it a day on the court.
She said: “I think Federer is going to be a businessman, an ambassador for things, a co-tournament director of the Laver Cup,” before later adding: “I could see something like that his tentacles reaching an enormous amount of power in the game and being on boards and being an ambassador for things.”
However Law finds it hard to see Federer moving away from the sport he has played professionally for 21 years.
“You know what he might do in broadcasting? I think he might have the Roger Federer channel,” he said.
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“The world has changed hasn’t it. Whether it’s his own podcast or his own YouTube channel or something like that.
“Remember when he did that training session and he periscoped it didn’t he.
“I’m not sure I can see him working for a single rights-owned station.
“Imagine if Roger Federer had the rights to Wimbledon.”
