{"id":2060384,"date":"2026-07-24T19:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2060384"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:30:05","slug":"roger-federers-us-open-comeback-proving-the-former-world-no-1-still-has-huge-pulling-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2060384","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer&#8217;s US Open comeback proving the former world No 1 still has huge pulling power"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Roger Federer\u2019s US Open comeback proving the former world No 1 still has huge pulling power<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" 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                         <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>When US Open officials announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roger-federer\">Roger Federer<\/a> would be making a return to the Flushing Meadows court ahead of this year\u2019s tournament, the excitement ripped through tennis fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roger-federer\">Federer<\/a> has not hit a ball in anger competitively since he retired from tennis amid emotional scenes at the 02 Arena in London in the fall of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Yet his each and every appearance on the tennis landscape continues to cause a huge stir of excitement and his New York return is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor one night only, five-time consecutive US Open champion and tennis icon Roger Federer returns to New York to compete in a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition event under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 25,\u201d read the announcement from the USTA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll play alongside 2003 US Open champion and longtime rival Andy Roddick, as well as fellow tennis legends and US Open champions Andre Agassi and John McEnroe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/marat-safin-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-roger-federer-comparison\">Carlos Alcaraz &amp; Jannik Sinner get blunt Federer, Nadal, Djokovic comparison from Marat Safin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/roger-federer-picks-his-favourite-wimbledon-match-of-all-time-its-iconic\">Roger Federer picks his favourite Wimbledon match of all time \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s iconic\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the lavish prices to attend any event the US Open these days, the scramble to be there for Federer\u2019s return to confirmed the 20-time Grand Slam winning great still has huge pulling power.<\/p>\n<p>With Rafael Nadal not currently taking part in any exhibition events, Federer is the one player all tennis fans would jump at the chance to watch in action one last time.<\/p>\n<p>And while he is not in full-time training any more, footage of Federer practicing on grass courts when he was in London to attend the Wimbledon Championships earlier this month confirmed he is still striking the ball superbly.<\/p>\n<p>Federer is still a huge tennis fan and one of the images of Wimbledon this month was captured when he was sat alone in an entirely empty royal box watching Alexander Zverev competing on Centre Court.<\/p>\n<p>His passion for the game shines through and when he spoke about the modern game in a press briefing in Melbourne earlier this year, it was clear that he is still following the sport with an avid interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rivalry with Alcaraz and Sinner is a great one,\u201d said Federer. \u201cThey play incredible tennis. I think that French Open final was unreal. I think the game, not that it needed it, but it was great that we had it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like for a second, for a moment, the world stood still in the sporting world and watched towards Paris, what was going on in that epic fifth set because it could have ended much, much sooner obviously for Jannik.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen all of a sudden it ended up in this most crazy fashion. Maybe one of the greatest games we\u2019ve ever had in our sport. It\u2019s good we still live off that momentum. Then they backed it up by playing against each other in all those other finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is trying to keep up and they\u2019re trying to pull away. What we\u2019ve seen in terms of their progression in the last years, it\u2019s been wonderful. I practised with those guys a little bit. They\u2019re incredible ball strikers. There\u2019s obviously more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federer fans will be getting a lot more of their hero over the next few weeks and the tennis world is also counting down to his induction into the sport\u2019s Hall of Fame in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/roger-federer-wimbledon-jo-wilfried-tsonga-victory\">\u2018How I beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon\u2019 \u2013 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga looks back on his greatest Wimbledon moment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Federer\u2019s US Open comeback proving the former world No 1 still has huge pulling power Kevin Palmer 24 Jul 2026 8:30 PM Roger Federer told he will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame When US Open officials announced that Roger Federer would be making a return to the Flushing Meadows court [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2060384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2060384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2060384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2060384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2060384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}