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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/will-roger-federer-skip-the-olympics-this-year/">Will Roger Federer Skip the Olympics this Year?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 3, 2008 at 05:17 PM by Rich Rodriguez</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Could the pressure of possibly being the greatest tennis player of all time finally getting to the usually unflappable Roger Federer? The “Swiss Stylist”, who has expressed his desire to participate in the Olympics and win the gold medal, sang a different tune this week when he revealed that the decision to travel to Beijing for the Summer Games has not been finalized yet. Federer, who was defeated by Britain’s Andy Murray in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships today (his first opening-round loss since 2004), said he was disillusioned by his experience at the 2004 Athens Games that included transportation and scheduling woes and constant recognition in the Olympic Village. The 26-year old spoke to the press in Dubai this week and…<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/will-roger-federer-skip-the-olympics-this-year/">(<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/will-roger-federer-skip-the-olympics-this-year/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/will-roger-federer-skip-the-olympics-this-year/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/will-roger-federer-skip-the-olympics-this-year/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/beijing-2008/">Beijing-2008</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/events/">Events</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/tennis/">Tennis</a><br /><br /> </P>