Due to the ongoing pandemic outbreak, the Tokyo Olympics have many rigid restrictions. Therefore, numerous top-tier players have made the difficult decision to retire, including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. However, determined on his way to the Golden Slam, Novak Djokovic will travel to Japan and try for the gold medal.

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'There’s no show with Roger Federer', says Top 10

Daniil Medvedev is certainly not a great lover of clay and grass, the two surfaces that enhance his playing style less than him. The world number 2 has done everything possible in recent months, reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and the round of 16 at Wimbledon. In Paris his race was interrupted by Stefanos Tsitsipas, while he may have some regrets for missing a great opportunity in London.

'The organizers put Roger Federer there and this is...', says Top 5

Tennis's biggest stars, including current ATP No. 1 Novak Djokovic and his perennial rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, will participate in the 2021 US Tennis Open, in addition to the most prominent figures of the women's circuit, such as Serena Williams, Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka, as announced by the organizers on Wednesday.

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'Roger Federer looked like he wasn’t putting effort', says Italian ace

Facing each other for the first time in Miami 2004, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal forged one of the most exciting rivalries in tennis, dominating the rest of the field in those years and battling for the Major and Masters 1000 trophies.

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'Roger Federer was always my hero and I kind of wanted...', says Top 10

Coach Goran Ivanisevic doesn't believe that record 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer can be world No. 1 again.Federer, ranked at No. 9 in the world, will be turning 40 in August but he is still able to compete at the highest level. However, Novak Djokovic's coach Ivanisevic doesn't believe that the Swiss is capable of reaching the top spot again. "Okay, you have Federer who is slowly out. I don't think he can be No.

Coach Goran Ivanisevic: Roger Federer is slowly out, he can't be No. 1 ever again

Swiss Roger Federer's first appearance at the Olympic Games took place at the Sydney 2000 Games, when he beat David Prinosil, Karol Kucera, Mikael Tillstrom and Karim Alami before losing in the semifinals to Tommy Haas with a score of 6-3 6-2. Federer returned to action four years later in Athens, where he defeated Nikolaj Davydenko in three sets before making a sensational comeback against Thomas Berdych.

'Roger Federer gets out of the car just to say...', says ATP star

Wimbledon 2002 was one of the strangest editions of this famous tournament, with only a couple of top-15 seeds advancing into the quarters and two baseliners reaching the title match.

When Roger Federer blasted Wimbledon organizers

The last edition of the Olympic Games that saw Roger Federer present was therefore London 2012, in which Federer got rid of Alejandro Falla, Julien Bennetau, Denis Istomin, John Isner and Juan Martín Del Potro, reserving the final challenge with Andy Murray. The Scotsman, defeated a few days earlier in the last Wimbledon match against Federer, deserved a rematch with a score of 6-2, 6-1 and 6-4.

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