Swiss great Roger Federer’s retirement has been one of the hot topics of discussion within the tennis fraternity for many years now.
The question of when the 19-time Grand Slam champion will finally retire has been a topic of immense debate as the 36-year-old continues to reign supreme on the men’s circuit. The former World No. 1, who couldn’t participate in the Rio Olympics in 2016, would be 39 by the time the Tokyo Olympics come around.
The current World No. 2 has a gold medal in men’s doubles with his countryman Stan Wawrinka from the 2008 Beijing Games and a silver medal in the singles at the 2012 London Games.
To be eligible to compete at the Olympics, a player must participate in at least two Davis Cup ties in that Olympic year, but Roger has not played in the prestigious team competition since 2015.
When Federer was asked about his chances of playing in the Tokyo Olympics, he said: “I haven’t officially retired from the Davis Cup. It’s just because it’s always highly unlikely that I’ll play at this stage of my career. You know, I haven’t set Tokyo Olympics as a goal either.”
“It hurt not being in Rio, but I was okay without it, too. I was flag bearer twice. I won gold. I won silver. I feel like I achieved a lot of great things at the Olympics. I’m not thinking that far ahead, yeah.”
