Roger Federer is excited by the Olympic tournament at Wimbledon, but will not be doubling up with Martina Hingis.
World number three to be aiming to take gold at Wimbledon
Roger Federer is excited by the Olympic tournament at Wimbledon in August, but revealed he will not be doubling up with Martina Hingis.
The 30-year-old Swiss will be amongst the favourites for the men's gold medal and known as the 'King of Wimbledon' with a record six crowns at SW19 in the Open era.
Although slipping places on the world rankings behind Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, Federer is ready to embrace the London 2012 competition.
"It's an amazing once in a lifetime experience and may never come again in our lifetimes," he told the
Gazzetta dello Sport.
"It's a big, big milestone for tennis and the Olympics for all players of my generation.
"It will be a very, very big and special atmosphere there, I'm really looking forward to it and I hope I can make a big result there."
No mixed doubles
Federer has, however, ruled out the imaginative idea of teaming up with now retired compatriot Martina Hingis.
Hingis, a former women's singles and doubles world number one, was a child phenomenon with her first Grand Slam under her belt aged 15.
On discovering mixed doubles is an event at the Olympics, Federer made it clear he was hopeful of teaming up with the female tennis star.
He said: "The only partner I could imagine myself playing with was Martina because she's been such an amazing player from such a young age.
"She's only one year older than me and in some ways I learnt so much from her about how to play at the highest level for so long. She drove me and inspired me as well.
"I spoke with Martina on the phone and she said I don't think we should do it, I would love to do it but you should concentrate on the singles and doubles.
"It was a good conversation, in a way I'm disappointed but it was a smart decision to make."
Federer has also dismissed claims that turning 30, and now ranked third in the world, he cannot return to the top of his game.
"I'm so close, give me one big or two big tournaments and I'm in it," he added.
"I'm looking forward to the next few months because it's going to be an amazing stretch of tournaments starting on clay all the way through to the US open.
"It's going to be make or break for many of the players at that part of the season, I hope I can play my very best there and launch an attack on the world number one."
