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2000 in Sydney, few fans still want Roger Federer’s autograph.
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His biggest fan: Mirka, who was still called Vavrinec at the time.
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Keystone
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Federer remains a thankless fourth place at his Olympic premiere.
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In the final the powers are then missing.
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Federer wins silver, gold goes to Andy Murray.
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The dream of Olympia 2020 has burst. Also for Roger Federer, who wanted to try to get another medal for my country in Tokyo. Clear that he would prefer gold in single. After all, it is the only big title that the 38-year-old is still missing. Federer himself says about his unfinished Olympic history: “My first four games were great, something extraordinary always happened.” A flashback.
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At its premiere in Sydney Roger Federer is a blank slate. Still without a professional title in Palmarès, he stormed into the semi-finals, but was there defeated by German Tommy Haas. It is one of his bitter defeats, as he later admits to the “Tages-Anzeiger”: “I curled up in a corner and cried for a long time.” A day later, he also lost the bronze game, but conquered the heart of his later wife Mirka on the same evening with a first kiss. Her first impression of the then 19-year-old (“You are so young. Almost still a baby.”) Is not missing in any portrait of the dream couple.
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Four years later in Athens Federer’s world has turned 180 degrees: In 2004 he won eight tournaments alone before the Olympic Games, including the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Defeats at that time – especially on fast rubbers – were exceptional. But this is exactly what happens: On the day on which epee fencer Marcel Fischer wins the only Swiss gold medal of those games, our biggest Olympic trump already fails in the second round on the then unknown Czech Tomas Berdych.
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Federer’s third participation comes at a time of change. After four and a half years as world number 1, he will be in just before the 2008 Summer Games Beijing overthrown by Rafael Nadal. The longed-for individual medal is again denied him after the quarter-final out against James Blake. There is double gold together with Stan Wawrinka. The pictures of Federer warming his hands in the final after the match ball on the hot Vaud region are unforgettable. “Fedrinka” was born.
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In London In 2012 the location alone is exceptional. The Olympic tennis tournament takes place where Federer secured his 17th Grand Slam title just weeks earlier: in Wimbledon. He also played in the finals at the Olympics, again facing Scot Andy Murray. Only the result is different. Drawn by the 306-minute semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro, the Swiss has no chance in the final. He won just seven games in three sets, but his silver medal was his first Olympic medal.
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The fact that it stays that way is also due to a year marked by injuries, in which Federer had to cancel all tournaments after Wimbledon, including the Olympic Games in Rio. Even then there was doubt about a fifth Olympic participation. Federer himself cannot say whether he will make another attempt in 2021 at this point in time. His Olympic history would definitely have deserved a fifth act. (cmü)
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