Post Wimbledon loss, Federer eyes Olympic gold

BATTLE ON COURT: The battleground now shifts to Beijing, where past glory means almost nothing.

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New Delhi: Grand Slams will take the backseat now as sporting action shifts to Beijing, where the stage is set for the biggest event ever - The Olympics. And after licking his wounds at Wimbledon, World Number 1 Roger Federer is raring to go again.

And it's no longer going to be Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal. It will be Switzerland vs Spain, or Serbia taking on Great Britain. The on-court battles will take on national colours at Beijing.

"I think it should be a very nice Olympic Games in Beijing," says Roger Federer.

Novak Djokovic adds, "After grand slams, the word's Olympics. I don't know what it is going to happen after four years."

And Andy Murray says that he is "very excited."

After letting his Wimbledon title slip away, Roger Federer will be gunning for nothing less than gold.

"Obviously I am dreaming about the gold medal because being a number one in the world for so long, I am obviously going to have chances on my side. So I hope I can do well and reach my dreams over there," says Federer.

The rub of the green may have gone Nadal's way this year, but the Olympics is a different ball game alltogether.

"When you have only one chance every four years it is not a lot, but I will try to go there and try my best. But anything can happen. You know, it is not clay. It is going to be a hard surface and it is going to be difficult," says Nadal.

And for first timers, nothing can possibly match the feeling of attaining Olympic glory.

Noval Djokovic says, "Just to be there and be part of such an event is a great honour, but still I want to go there and win a medal, because this stays for life."

So the battleground now shifts to Beijing, where past glory means almost nothing.