The Swiss legend, who introduced his retirement in 2022 and performed his final official match at Wimbledon the earlier 12 months, smiled and waved as he was proven on the videoboards within the area.
Federer’s go to to the venue was his first since he stopped competing. He holds the document for probably the most consecutive US Open titles, having received 5 in a row from 2004 to 2008.
Previous to his look on court docket, Federer promoted a guide of pictures of himself on the ‘Right now’ present. Throughout the present, he additionally expressed his considerations relating to Jannik Sinner‘s doping case, questioning whether or not the present world No. 1 ought to have been permitted to proceed enjoying.
The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA), which is an unbiased physique established in 2021 by the governing our bodies of the game, had cleared Sinner.
The ITIA is satisfied that the banned performance-enhancer by chance entered the participant’s physique after a therapeutic massage from his physiotherapist, and it subsequently selected to not suspended Sinner.
“It’s not one thing we wish to see in our sport, these kinds of information, regardless if he did one thing or not. Or any participant did. It’s simply noise that we don’t need. I perceive the frustration of: Has he been handled the identical as others? And I feel that is the place it comes right down to. All of us belief just about on the finish, he didn’t do something,” Federer stated, as quoted by AP.
“However the inconsistency, probably, that he didn’t have to take a seat out whereas they weren’t 100 % certain what was occurring — I feel that’s the query right here that must be answered.”
Sinner is scheduled to face 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev within the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
