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GENEVA (AFP) – Roger Federer resumes his injury comeback on Swiss home soil in Geneva next week with the 39-year-old legend insisting: “We’re on this train until Wimbledon”. Federer returned to the courts in March, having been out for more than a year following two knee surgeries, winning his first match in Qatar before losing […]
Roger Federer in action during a training session prior to the ATP 250 Tennis Geneva Open tournament in Geneva on May 14 (Keystone via AP)
Tennis great Roger Federer has called on Olympics organizers to end the uncertainty around the Tokyo Games, with the 20-times Grand Slam winner saying he was still in two minds whether to compete.
The Olympics are set to run from July 23 to Aug. 8 after being postponed in March last year over the coronavirus pandemic.
But Japan, battling a surge of infections, has extended until the end of May a state of emergency in its capital, Tokyo, and other areas.
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Roger Federer: Athletes need to know if Tokyo Olympics are going ahead
Roger Federer said that athletes need a firm decision on whether the Tokyo Olympics are going ahead.
Federer said that athletes need a firm decision on whether the
Tokyo Olympics are going ahead, with the tennis star saying he was in two minds over the Games.
The pandemic-postponed 2020 Olympics are due to open on July 23.
“It’s difficult,” Federer told Switzerland’s Leman Bleu television.
“We’re not hearing much. That makes me think the Games will happen, even if I’ve heard that lots of people in Tokyo are against the Games.”