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Federer "thrilled" by Olympic success

By Mark Ledsom
July 12, 2005 11:18 IST
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With seven years to go, Wimbledon champion Roger Federer is already setting his sights on a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

Having won his third successive title at the All England Club this month, Federer celebrated again after hearing that Olympic tennis was heading to his favourite venue.

"He phoned up from his holiday as soon as he heard that London had got the Games," Federer's mother Lynette told Reuters. "He was so thrilled.

"He was saying 'Mum, can you imagine having the Olympics at Wimbledon?'

"I tried to calm him down a bit by asking how old he would be in 2012. But we worked out that he'd be only 30 so it's certainly possible.

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"He even said that he might be able to win the Olympic gold medal at Wimbledon and then retire."

Last year Federer won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments but is yet to win at Roland Garros, which would have been the site for the Olympic tournament if Paris had been chosen to stage the 2012 Games.

"I don't think he would have minded playing the Olympics there either," Lynette Federer said. "But to be able to represent his country at Wimbledon is definitely something very special for him."

An Olympic gold is one of the few trophies to elude the 23-year-old world number one. In Athens last year the Swiss was knocked out in the second round by Czech Tomas Berdych.

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