Steve Smith congratulates ‘sporting idol’ Roger Federer on tennis retirement – Such a beautiful bloke

Steve Smith is scheduled to play in Australia’s upcoming three-match T20I collection in opposition to India. Smith mentioned that he was honoured to satisfy the legendary Roger Federer.

Such a beautiful bloke: Smith congratulates ‘sporting idol’ Roger Federer on retirement. Courtesy: Steve Smith Twitter

HIGHLIGHTSRoger Federer retired from tennis on September 15Steve Smith will participate within the T20I collection in IndiaSteve Smith lauded Federer for being an ideal of the sport

Australia batter Steve Smith congratulated Roger Federer after the star from Switzerland introduced his retirement from tennis. The 41-year-old Federer, on Friday, September 16, known as it a day after plying his commerce within the sport for so long as 24 years.

Federer mentioned that the upcoming version of the Laver Cup can be his final on the ATP tour. Smith, one in all Australia’s best batters, particularly in Test cricket, lauded Federer and mentioned that he would miss seeing the legend on the tennis court docket. Smith uploaded an image alongside Federer to congratulate Federer.

“Very sad day waking up to see that @rogerfederer has called time on his career. He was my sporting idol and inspired me immensely. I had the pleasure of meeting him on a couple of occasions and he was such a lovely bloke. I will miss his graceful moving around the court and that exquisite backhand. Thank you for the entertainment.”

Earlier, Federer admitted that the final couple of years have been difficult for him as a consequence of accidents and surgical procedures. The veteran occurs to be the third-most profitable participant in males’s tennis after Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal.

During Wimbledon 2022, Federer mentioned that he wished to play the grass-court event “one last time”, however that gained’t be the case anymore.

As far as Smith is anxious, he’s set to participate in Australia’s three-match T20I collection in India from September 20 onwards.

He is in good kind, having scored 167 runs from three matches in opposition to New Zealand in Cairns. In the third ODI of the collection on September 11, Smith scored 105 runs off 131 balls with 11 fours and one six, serving to his workforce to a 25-run win.

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