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Roger Federer joins a growing list of withdrawals from tennis events at the Tokyo Olympic Games. /CFP
The list of tennis stars who are giving up the chance to clinch Olympic gold this summer in Tokyo is getting longer by the day.
Four-time Olympian Roger Federer became the latest to withdraw from the Tokyo Games due to a setback with his knee. The 20-time Grand Slam champion made the announcement via Twitter on Tuesday and indicated that he will return to the ATP Tour later in the year.
Federer won a silver in the singles at London 2012, and a gold in doubles with Stan Wawrinka back in Beijing 2008, but his current physical condition is not ideal for another Olympic adventure.
"Due to the grass-court season, I unfortunately experienced a setback with my knee and have accepted that I must withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games," Federer said. "I am greatly disappointed, as it has been an honor and highlight of my career each time I have represented Switzerland.
"I have already begun rehabilitation in the hopes of returning to the tour later this summer. I wish the entire Swiss team the best of luck and I will be rooting hard from afar. As always, Hopp Schwiz!"
Serbia's Novak Djokovic is still undecided about his participation at the Tokyo Olympic Games. /CFP
The Swiss legend, who underwent two knee operations in 2020 and will turn 40 in August, has seen his Grand Slam tally equaled by Spain's Rafael Nadal at the 2020 French Open and most recently by Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who claimed his 20th major at Wimbledon on Sunday.
Previously,
Nadal
, Serena Williams, Bianca Andreescu
and Dominic Thiem all announced their withdrawal from the Olympics, while newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic is still undecided about his participation.
"My plan was always to go to Olympic Games, but right now I'm a little bit divided. I also hear that there's going to be a lot of restrictions within the Village. Possibly you would not be able to see other athletes perform live," said Djokovic after beating Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final
.
"I can't even have my stringer that is very important part of my team. I'm limited with the amount of people I can take in my team as well. It's kind of 50-50 because of what I heard in the last couple days (about the ban on spectators)," he observed.
