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"Lasciate
che
i
ginnasti,
i
corridori,
i
nuotatori
abbiano
il
loro
momento
di
gloria"
Leave it to the gymnasts, runners and
swimmers
Many tennis players were ecstatic at the
thought of playing at the Olympics in Rio this
year. Sam Querrey was not one of them.
Querrey does not think Olympic tennis is the
ultimate expression of the sport, and as such
does not carry as much weight as other
events.
“You kind of see it with golf a little bit, too,”
he said of his decision not to compete in Rio.

No Olympic Glory
by
Adriano
S.

“I think for tennis and golf, the Olympics isn’t
a top priority. We have four other Grand
Slams. I think those kind of take the
precedent. Those are the main focus for us.”
It’s hard to disagree with him. Few people
will remember that Nicolas Massu won in
Athens in 2004, and there is no doubt that
he would trade in that gold medal for a Slam
trophy in a heartbeat. Nor would Marin Cilic
or Thomas Johansson trade in their Slam
trophies for Olympic medals.
Equating the Olympics to a Masters 1000