Legendary Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has announced his retirement.
The Swiss superstar announced his retirement on social networking site Twitter on Thursday.
Roger Federer wrote in his tweet "Liver Cup starting next week in London will be my last ATP event, I will play more tennis after that but not Grand Slam."
Roger Federer adds, 'I am 41 years old, I have played more than 1,500 matches in 24 years, tennis has given me more than I expected, now I feel that my hard career is coming to an end. .'
Roger Federer won the first Grand Slam of his career at Wimbledon in 2003. Since then, Roger Federer has won eight Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles and one French Open title.
Roger Federer has won a total of 20 Grand Slam titles in his career.
Roger Federer has reached the finals of Grand Slam events 31 times, winning 20 times and losing 11 times.
Roger Federer won his first career Grand Slam match at the 2000 Australian Open.
Tributes are being paid to Roger Federer on Twitter after announcing his retirement.
A Twitter handle called Blanco wrote, "Was the greatest, is the greatest, will be the greatest."
"Thank you for the great memories, you are a huge reason why tennis has been popular in the last two decades," says Soumyakoth Sreedharan.
"Gonna miss your backhand, killer drop shots and your humble smile, thank you for making our youth and childhood sweeter, thank you for everything King," Chemist Mania wrote in appreciation.
