The time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined from the Tour since January due to a right knee injury which required two surgical procedures.

Federer, who currently holds the record for most weeks spent as world No. Looking ahead to the future, the year-old stated that one of his biggest goals is to return to Japan in the summer and play in the Olympics.

Clearly this is one of my big goals; I really hope I can come back to Tokyo and Japan for that. Federer is a four-time Olympian and has already won two medals.

In he claimed gold in the doubles alongside Stan Wawrinka. Four years later in London he clinched a silver in the singles competition after losing to Andy Murray in the final.

It is unclear as to what Olympic events the Swiss Maestro will play next year. Although Belinda Bencic has already said she would like to team up with him in the mixed doubles.

Bencic will be bidding to become only the third female player from her country to win a medal after Martina Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky.

The Olympic tennis competition is set to begin on July 24th which is less than two weeks after Wimbledon. He was a member of the Handsome Eight, the original eight players signed to the World Championship Tennis tour at the end of Overall, he reached 13 Grand Slam doubles finals with four of those being in the mixed doubles.

One of the many to pay tribute to Ralston was Billie Jean King, who played alongside him in the Wimbledon final. In singles his biggest achievement was finishing runner-up to Manuel Santana at Wimbledon in He also won the U.

Indoor Singles Championship , U. Clay Court Singles Championship , , U. Hard Court Singles Championship , and U.

Pro Doubles Champion in Six years later Ralston would win the team event for a second time but this time as the captain of Team America. A position he held between Between those two milestones he also served as a Davis Cup coach After his playing career, the American became a top coach where he worked with Chris Evert for six years, as well as Yannick Noah and Gabriela Sabatini.

So sad to hear the passing of Dennis Ralston, greatfull to have received his knowledge, dedication and passion on the tennis court. But most of all his integrity and great values as a person.

He will be much missed. Rip DennisRalston — tennis has lost a great coach, a great player and a passionate advocate for our game. The former US Davis Cup captain and Grand Slam men's doubles champion always wanted to help people improve, giving advice and talking tennis.

A great loss. After a difficult season where he could only win two matches, the world No. Former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori says he is eager to start competing against the best in the world again after what has been a troublesome season.

The year-old has only been able to play four tournaments this year due to a combination of injury, the pandemic and illness. Nishikori underwent surgery on his shoulder in October which subsequently resulted in him missing the start of this season.

Eventually he returned to action in Kitzbuhel during September but had to close his season early a few weeks later after injuring his shoulder at the French Open.

Overall, Nishikori won just two out of six matches played on the Tour in The highest ranked player he faced was No.

I want to compete at that level again as soon as I can. Nishikori is the only player from his country to have won an Olympic medal during the Open Era after winning bronze in Nishikori has been ranked as high fourth in the world but is currently in 41st position.

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Each year that the tournament has been held there is an induction ceremony for the Hall of Fame. The tournament is held on outdoor grass courts , and is the last grass court tournament of the season on the ATP tour and the only grass court tournament played outside Europe, as well as the only one played after Wimbledon.

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