Roger Federer requires finish to Tokyo Olympics uncertainty
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Posted On May 17, 2021
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However Japan, battling a surge of infections, has prolonged till the top of Could a state of emergency in its capital, Tokyo, and three areas.
“Actually I do not know what to assume. I am a bit between the 2,” Federer, who gained a doubles gold within the 2008 Beijing Video games and a silver in singles 4 years later in London, advised Swiss tv station Leman Bleu on Friday.
“I might like to play within the Olympics, win a medal for Switzerland. It could make me particularly proud. But when it does not occur due to the state of affairs, I might be the primary to know.
“I feel what the athletes want is a choice: is it going to occur or is it not going to occur?
“In the meanwhile, we’ve got the impression that it’s going to occur. We all know it is a fluid state of affairs. And you can too determine as an athlete if you wish to go. If you happen to really feel there’s a variety of resistance, possibly it is higher to not go. I do not know.”
Rafael Nadal, who’s tied with Federer at 20 for essentially the most grand slam singles titles in males’s tennis, and 23-time grand slam winner Serena Williams this week mentioned they had been nonetheless uncertain of competing in Tokyo.
Japan’s top-ranked ladies’s and males’s tennis gamers — Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori — additionally added their voices to the issues, saying the dangers of holding the Olympics amid the pandemic ought to proceed to be rigorously mentioned.
Federer, a father of 4, mentioned he had taken the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
“I am glad that I might do it, with all of the touring I do,” mentioned Federer, who will play the Geneva Open subsequent week, his second match since returning in March after a 12 months out as a result of knee issues.
“Even when I am staying in Switzerland, I feel there are benefits. Above all, I did it for others as a result of I do not need to give it to anybody else, even when I nonetheless stay very cautious.
“We’re very cautious with the household and with our associates.”
