Federer will bow out at top: Bjorn Borg

Bjorn Borg has predicted Roger Federer will retire at the end of next season

London: Bjorn Borg has predicted Roger Federer will retire at the end of next season.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Borg suspects the Swiss, who has 17 grand slam titles and is seeking more, will want to bow out at the top.

And a year that could see Federer go for gold at the Olympic Games in Brazil may offer that opportunity.

Borg said: "At 34 (Federer turns 34 in August) he still has the motivation, is still going out and working really hard - he wants to go out and win more tournaments and more grand slam tournaments.

"I think he's going to play one more year."

Speaking on Live@Wimbledon, the 59-year-old Swede added: "I think next year he wants to try to go for the Olympics in Rio, and then after next year I think he will step away from the game. I hope not."

Borg quit tennis in 1983 at the age of 26 after winning 11 grand slams, and a comeback in the early 1990s proved unsuccessful.

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