Olympic gold lures Federer to Tokyo Games

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Tennis champion Roger Federer announces Monday, October 14, he will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in a bid to claim the men's singles gold medal Full story:

STAR-STUDDED. Roger Federer completes the Big 3 in the Tokyo Olympics as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal also vow to compete next year. Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP

"I've been debating with my team for a few weeks now, months actually, what I should do in the summer time after Wimbledon and before the US Open," he said at a promotional event.Federer has won all 4 of the Grand Slam tournaments, as well as the ATP Tour Finals 6 times, but is still waiting to grab Olympic singles gold.

Federer did not compete at Rio 2016, where Murray won again, but has since twice won the Australian Open and took the 2017 Wimbledon title before losing an epic final in the grass-court Grand Slam to Novak Djokovic earlier this year.

 

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