Roger Federer returns to Arthur Ashe Stadium for exhibition match

The event billed as “An Icon Returns to New York” packed the stands full of fans there to watch the 45-year-old from Switzerland face Roddick — soon to be 44 — in a prime time exhibition.

Roger Federer enjoyed two exhibition victories at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Tuesday as he returned to the US Open court. A packed crowd witnessed the 45-year-old defeat Andy Roddick in an exhibition match promoted as “An Icon Returns to New York.

Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night to play one last match for fun against longtime rival and friend Andy Roddick.

Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night to play one last match for fun against longtime rival and friend Andy Roddick. The event billed as “An Icon Returns to New York” packed the stands full of fans there to watch the 45-year-old from Switzerland face Roddick — soon to be 44 — in a prime time exhibition. Many wore hats with the distinctive “RF” logo that became commonplace in the sport during Federer's decade and a half of dominance featuring 20 Grand Slam titles.

Tonight, Roger Federer returns to the US Open or an exhibition match against longtime rival Andy Roddick. Here's how to watch live.

Roger Federer, the man who won five straight US Open championships during the height of his dominance of the sport of tennis, is set to play again in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time since 2019, an exhibition against Andy Roddick.

Roger Federer is returning to the U.S. Open on Tuesday, albeit in a single-set exhibition against Andy Roddick and a set of doubles with John McEnroe against Roddick and Andre Agassi.

Roger Federer said Monday he is looking forward to this week's celebratory return to Arthur Ashe Stadium to play for the first time since his final US Open in 2019.While Federer has played some other exhibitions since retiring, he said Monday that the time had only seemed to fall into place for a New York match this year ahead of the Newport ceremony.

Roger Federer is actually nervous about his tennis. The man who won five straight U.S. Open championships during the height of his dominance of the sport is set to play again in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time since 2019. “I haven’t played a singles set in, I don’t know, (Hubert) Hurkacz at Wimbledon maybe, so it’s been five years,” Federer said Monday, referring to his 2021 quarterfinal loss in his last Grand Slam match.

Roger Federer made a triumphant return to the US Open court with a pair of exhibition victories in front of an adoring Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd in New York on Tuesday.

Roger Federer is set to make a long-anticipated return to play at Flushing Meadows as the five-time consecutive US Open men's singles champion will play in an exhibition match, live on Sky Sports.