Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer did not participate in this edition of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Both the physical problems of the two and the difficult pandemic situation in Tokyo have completely changed the plans of Switzerland, which certainly started the Olympic Games with less hope of success.
However, expectations were better than expected as Switzerland won the women’s medal. If she had to admit defeat in the final against the Czech Republic, Belinda Bencic achieved a great performance and won a gold medal as the first Swiss tennis player in history.
A wonderful week of consistency and maximum play in the decisive moments (and in the decisive movements) brought Bencic the gold medal that will go down in the history of their country.
This is the third gold medal in tennis in the history of Switzerland: the first came in 1992 in Barcelona with Marc Rosset and the second in Beijing in 2008 in doubles, consisting of two masters of this sport such as Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.
World number 12 Belinda Bencic made history again during the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The hard-fought three-set final victory against the Czech Marketa Vondrousova will remain in the annals and several colleagues and compatriots congratulated the Bencic.
Among them, the Swiss tennis legend and his great admirer Roger Federer, who made a post on social media to celebrate the victory of his compatriot, could not be missing. In the message, Federer wrote “history” to celebrate Bencic along with the Swiss flag and an emoji with the medal.
In addition, the twenty-time Grand Slam tournament winner added the news by writing, “Every day is a good day to make your dreams come true.” The 24-year-old tennis player dedicated the victory to all her compatriots and especially to her idols Martina Hingis and Roger Federer: “This medal is also for Roger and Martina, I won it for them,” concluded Belinda.
Daniil Medvedev on Roger Federer
Prior to his 2020 Olympic campaign in Tokyo, world number two Daniil Medvedev spoke at length on a range of topics, from the conditions in the Olympic Village to the controversial scheduling at Wimbledon.
In an interview with Telesport, Medvedev emphasized that he had no concerns about the arrangements in the Olympic Village, although he was used to much better conditions on the regular tour. At the same time, however, the Russian pointed out that he had seen much worse at futures events at a lower level.
“To be completely honest, we tennis players are used to living in five-star hotels in cool tournaments, and if you are high in the ranking the organizers will provide you with a suite,” said Medvedev.
“But almost all of us have gone through” futures “where you are looking for a room for 40 euros, not 50. And to save those 10 euros, you sometimes live in small rooms with a shower on the floor.
Many of us have been in such situations, so I haven’t seen anything new to myself. “Medvedev did not play a full game on center court at Wimbledon, despite being number two in the tournament.
On the other hand, every Roger Federer game was scheduled on center court. “Of course there is resentment (that you don’t get a chance to play on center court),” said Medvedev. “I wanted to play on this court after I was second but there is a logical explanation for everything so I’m not too worried.
Roger is ten times … which is ten – a hundred times more legendary than me. So it’s fine. ”Photo Credit: Getty Images
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