Roger Federer says that projecting winner of the Olympics will be difficult, as the format will be best-two-out-of-three-sets until the final, when the men will play best-three-out-of-five. The Olympics will be played on grass at Wimbledon just three weeks after the tournament ends. Federer also added that because of the busy, compressed schedule this summer, it's hard to see any one player winning all four big events (French Open, Wimbledon, Olympics, U.S. Open).
"If you are feeling sure and can win Wimbledon then you are confident going into the Olympics," Federer told reporters. "But the three-set format earlier on in the tournament, that is very dangerous. Who knows then who is in good shape and who is not. Usually when I play and win Wimbledon then I am in good shape at the U.S. Open and I think just today how the conditions are, then if you play good then you play good everywhere. It's hard to see someone win all four—I mean Paris, Wimbledon, the Olympics and the U.S. Open—and I don't think anyone is thinking of something that crazy at the moment. I think we are all taking it one by one."