Federer’s farewell unleashes madness in London: tickets from 1,000 to 54,000 euros

The Laver Cup 2022 has unleashed madness in London. Despite being an exhibition championship in which tennis teams from Europe are measured against those from the rest of the world, tickets are sold out to see the farewell of Roger Federer, who will play the doubles match on Friday night with Rafa Nadal. Seats can only be obtained through resale, where prices range from 1,000 to 54,000 euros.

Federer He will play the doubles match with Nadal in the second session on Friday, as he has revealed. He wants to say goodbye playing against what he considers his “great rivalry”, although they have always had a very good relationship off the track. Although it has not yet been officially confirmed whether he will be his partner or not, the truth is that the tickets have already sold out. They can only be purchased through official resale pages.

Those that went on sale on the website of the O2Arena London and on the tournament page reached a maximum of 3,150 euros. Now, once they are sold out, the cheapest ones can be obtained for 1,026 euros while the most expensive, the VIP, reach €53,900. All to see the last dance of one of the best tennis players in history.

Without going any further, the tickets for the Saturday night session, the same turn in which he will play Federer on Friday, they are on sale on resale websites for a minimum price of 377 euros, 650 euros less than the minimum cost of seats for the doubles match that the Swiss will play. For the same Friday, but in the morning shift, they can be obtained for 160 euros.

Although it is not yet official, everything seems geared towards the last game of Federer be with Nadal as a doubles pair. The two have starred in a historic rivalry on the track, being together with Novak Djokovic the members of the Big-Three who have authoritatively dominated the ATP for the past two decades. Since 2004 they have met 40 times, with 24 victories for the Spanish, 16 for the Swiss. However, now they will form a pair in the Laver, as happened five years ago in the same tournament.

Federer will not be able to be fired in official competition, after successive operations on his knee that have diminished him during the last year. The Swiss changed his initial plans to retire in the Basel ATP 500 and finally he will do it this weekend at the Laver Cup. He will put an end to his award-winning sports career after 24 years, in which he has established himself as one of the best tennis players in history, after winning 20 Grand Slams, six finals of the ATP and two Olympic medals.