fans4roger

Dear members,

Two weeks ago Roger made the painful announcement, via social media, that he would be retiring from the Tour and that his final competitive match would be at the Laver Cup in London. This news took us all by surprise. Therefore our excuses for not contacting you sooner although I am sure you can appreciate that. Because of the suddenness of Roger’s decision it presented us with somewhat of a challenge as we needed to wait until the ‘dust had settled’ before sitting down and discussing what effect this decision would have on the future of fans4roger.

I can now inform you all, after having sat down and discussed Roger’s decision with the club Board Members, that we have taken the decision to dissolve the fan club. A decision which will be finalised sometime during the course of 2023. This is ultimately the dilemma of any fan club of an individual athlete. When their career comes to an end and although we all knew this day would come eventually it still does not make it any easier when it finally becomes a reality. In the Mission Statement of fans4roger it states that we respect Roger’s privacy and this will be our main focus going forward. Please also be informed that we have immediately halted the planned billing run for the renewal of the 2023 Membership Fees.

Ideally we would have liked to organise a fan club day at the Swiss Indoors in Basel this year; however, at this moment in time it is unclear what plans are being made to say ‘farewell’ to Roger at the tournament. And because Roger no doubt has a number of other commitments during this time, we regret that we are not able to organise a fan club day.