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On December 24, Beijing time, according to Tennishead, German tennis legend and 6-time men's singles Grand Slam winner Boris Becker believes that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal need to consider their retirement, and said "I don't know how easy it is to make a comeback at the age of 41."
Federer, Nadal and Novak Djokovic, all of whom currently have 20 men's singles Grand Slams, are all struggling to become the most successful men's tennis players of all time.
Over the past few years, however, both Federer and Nadal have been plagued by injuries. In recent years, the Swiss king has been battling a knee injury, and after 2021 Wimbledon, he was forced to undergo a third knee surgery. Previously, he had announced that he would definitely miss the Australian Open and most likely would not play at Wimbledon 2022.
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Similarly, Nadal has been sidelined with a foot injury since the Washington Open in August. After playing again after five months, he lost to Andy Murray and Daniel Shapovalov in the Abu Dhabi exhibition match. Still, the King of The Clay was pleased with his performance.
Becker, a six-time men's singles grand slam winner, told Eurosport: "I think these two tennis superstars now have to think hard about how long they can be called players. ”
"For Rafa [Nadal], that would be a little easier than Roger [Federer]. While there aren't any fans who like Roger more than I do, I don't know how easy it will be to make a comeback after almost 41 [at an advanced age] of knee surgery. ”
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Becker's compatriot, ATP now the world's third A-Zverev, was more optimistic about Federer's return, but ultimately he responded to Becker's comments.
"Roger has dealt with a lot of things that we thought were simply impossible." "That's why I don't rule out that possibility," he said. That's not going to be easy, tennis is changing and getting faster. In a sense, that will no longer be easy. ”