Tokyo: Arguably one of the greatest Tennis player, Roger Federer, has won eight Wimbledon Title six Australia Open Title, 5 US Open Title and 1 French Open Title in total the legendary swiss star has 20 Grand Slam in his kitty. But one thing that he does not have in his trophy cabinet is an Olympic Gold in the singles event.
Feder who has dominated the last two decades in international tennis has taken part in four Olympic games where he failed to secure a gold medal in the singles event. He will not be proud of his record in the quadrennial event.
Now Federer has said that if he stays healthy then he will play the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. "At the end of the day, my heart decided I would love to play the Olympic Games again. I've been debating with my team for a few weeks now, months actually, what I should do in the summer after Wimbledon and before the US Open. I carried the flag twice for Switzerland in Athens and Beijing, I've got a gold and a silver, and I would love to play again, so I'm very excited," added the current World No. 3.The 38-year-old's best singles finish at the Olympics was a silver medal in the 2012 Games, where he lost in straight sets to Great Britain's Andy Murray in the final.Swiss Maestro, however, has a gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. King of Grass who missed out the 2016 Rio Olympics due to knee injury has participated in Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004, Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012 Olympic events. The prestigious quadrennial event is scheduled to be held from July 24-August 9, 2020.
