Roger Federer confirmed that he wants to go to the Tokyo Olympics, but who will decide after Wimbledon based on his result in the tournament. The Swiss, who already missed the Rio de Janeiro Games, then due to injury, left his participation in the air at the expense of what happens at Wimbledon, where he will compete again two years after the final he lost against Serbian Novak Djokovic , in which he had two match points.
“We will decide, my team and I, after Wimbledon, because it is going to have an impact on me, it depends on whether I play well or badly. My feeling is that I would like to go, but I will know in a few weeks“Federer said at the press conference prior to the start of the third Grand Slam. The Helvetian enters this tournament with only five victories this season, three of them at Roland Garros and one on grass, at the Halle tournament, where came out early in a bad match against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
“In that game I had a moment where I was not happy with how I was playing. Halle’s not going to happen here. I feel much better, that was like when I was a junior and I was angry and I did not see anything positive. I have to stay with the good of all these weeks and that I can be at Wimbledon again, see how things are going. I have to be mentally strong, not like in Halle, “said the Swiss. Federer, eight times champion at the All England Club, will debut this Tuesday against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
Murray: “Now I value more moments like training with Federer”
Andy Murray, a two-time Wimbledon winner, spoke about his training with Roger Federer and said that now he values these moments more than six or seven years ago. The Briton trained on one of the tracks at Wimbledon on Friday alongside the eight-time title winner from Switzerland in preparation for the Grand Slam that begins on Monday.
“The preparation has been good. I have trained with the best. I want to get to Wimbledon as fresh and as fit as possible. Playing with Federer was very good. Six or seven years ago I wouldn’t have thought about it that much, but now I value it much more. Not being able to do it in recent years makes me appreciate it more, “Murray said at a press conference. Murray, who won at these tracks in 2013 and 2016, will return to compete in the singles tournament at Wimbledon for the first time since 2017.
“I am delighted to be back, I am very excited to be able to be in front of the public, the fans. I know it’s not normal, but it feels like normal, seeing people together, doing press conferences, players training. I see everything closer to normality and that makes me happy, “he pointed out.” I know that if my body can endure, I can compete. I miss being on center court, feeling that pressure, “he added.