Should Tennis Be in the Olympics?

It was met with disagreement with many believing the Olympics is as big if not bigger than a Grand Slam.

But the truth is the players think differently, they know what they’ve trained for and it’s not Olympic medals.

He felt he wasn’t competing in anything special and that the Olympics were just another event in the tennis schedule.

They make Olympic Tennis more of a draw to the top players.

We’re all fed Olympic hype from the press on a daily basis in the run up to the games.

Now I’m not suggesting every player doesn’t want to play or there’s no value in winning a medal.

The whole spirit of the Olympics is for amateur athletes to compete at the most prestigious event for their sport.

Many athletes at Rio will have given up years of their lives to train for the chance to win an Olympic medal.

No player would swap a Grand Slam for a Gold, and they wouldn’t relinquish a Masters 1000 for a medal.

Whilst Tennis will get TV viewers and has all the recogniseable stars to help the promote the games; the vast majority of athletes competing in Rio this year are amateurs.