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  Roger Federer during his torrid defeat by Andy Murray in the 2012 Olympic final. — AFP Photo PARIS — Roger Federer announced Monday he will compete at next year's Tokyo Olympics in a bid to claim the men's singles gold medal, the only major prize he has yet to win. "I've been debating with my team for a few weeks now, months actually, what I should do in the summer time (of 2020) after Wimbledon and before the US Open," he said at a promotional event. "At the end of the day my heart decided to play the Olympic Games again." Federer has won all four of the Grand Slam tournaments, as well as the ATP Tour Finals six times, but is still waiting to grab Olympic singles gold. The 20-time Grand Slam champion did win a doubles gold alongside fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka at Beijing in 2008, but when he got to the London singles final in 2012 he was hammered 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 by an inspired Andy Murray. Federer did not compete at Rio 2016, … [Read more...] about Olympic gold lures Federer to Tokyo Games

Switzerland's Roger Federer hits a return against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during their men's singles third round match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. (WANG ZHAO/AFP) The reigning champion squeezed into the quarter-finals after eventually defeating the 28th-ranked Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. The top seed will play Japan's eighth seed Kei Nishikori, while Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are also through, albeit with far less hassle. The 37-year-old Swiss great was forced to fight in his opening match on Wednesday against Russia's Daniil Medvedev. Normal order appeared to have been restored when the 20-time Grand Slam champion comfortably claimed the first set against Bautista Agut. But the Spaniard earned a piece of personal history after that, winning the second set - the first time he had taken a set against the Swiss maestro. The 30-year-old Bautista Agut had the whiff of an upset in his nostrils and the prospect of a first victory over the … [Read more...] about Federer battles into Shanghai Masters quarter-finals