The Tokyo Olympics starts July 25th 2020 and four-time Olympian and grand slam master, Roger Federer is still yet to make a decision on whether he wants to compete in the Mundial or not.
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Speaking on Tuesday, Federer said his schedule is booked till Wimbledon which ends July 12. He however hinted at a possible decision on the subject “in the next month or so.”
Speaking with AP Sports:
“I guess I’m going to be deciding on the Olympic Games in the next few weeks, hopefully in the next month or so,” he said.
Speaking ahead of the Laver Cup team competition he co-owns, Federer said he is “very excited about the prospect” of Tokyo.
“I just have to see how is the family, how is my body doing,” Federer said in an interview broadcast by Swiss public television.
Federer is a four-time Olympian. He met his wife at the 2000 Sydney Games and twice carried Switzerland’s flag at opening ceremonies.
“It’s been such a special event for me,” he said.
Federer won doubles gold with Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver in singles at the 2012 London Games, played at Wimbledon. He missed the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of injury.
To play in Tokyo, Federer would likely have to get a wild-card exemption from the International Tennis Federation. He has not played the required amount of Davis Cup games to be eligible by right.
Source: tennis.com
A player could only participate if they made themselves available to be drafted to represent their country in Davis Cup or Fed Cup for two of the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, with one of the years being either 2019 or 2020. Six of the remaining eight slots will be allocated by continent: two in the 2019 Pan American Games, one in the 2018 Asian Games, one in the 2019 African Games, and one each for Europe and Oceania for the highest-ranked athlete from an NOC with no other qualifiers. The final two spots are reserved, one for the host nation and one for a previous Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion. – Wikipedia
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