Few years ago it would have been very difficult to be upbeat about Federer’s chances in the 2016 Rio Olympic games. Things are different now.
The world no.2 is playing one of his best tennis and the good news for him is that the Olympics will not be played on clay court (Rafa wasn’t happy about that). So if Roger keeps up with his form he has a shot at winning his first gold medal in singles after winning the doubles in Beijing with Stan Wawrinka back in 2008.
Federer: Something extraordinary always happen for my during the Olympics
Roger had time to reflect about his experience during the Olympic Games and he recalls that everything has been great great “2016 in Rio will be wonderful. My first one was in Sydney [2000], where I missed out on the bronze, but met my wife … well, my girlfriend then, who is my wife today. I carried the flag in Athens in 2004, I carried the flag in Beijing on my birthday in 2008, and won the gold there in doubles.”
Then he added “In 2012 I made the finals, and got the silver medal. So why not play one more Olympics and maybe do something else extraordinary, because every time I have played in them, something has happened, so I can’t wait for that to come around as well.”
A gold medal in singles would definitely be the icing on the cake of an unthinkable career.
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