Rio Olympics 2016, Tennis: Top 5 contenders for the Olympic Gold in Men’s Singles

3. Stan Wawrinka

Olympic Seeding: 3

Swiss STANdards: With Roger Federer pulling out of Olympics, Wawrinka will try bringing home Olympic glory

All Swiss expectations of Olympic glory have fallen squarely on the shoulders of Stan Wawrinka.

With Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic making a last minute decision to keep away from Rio, Wawrinka will have to shoulder the burden of expectations along with Martina Hingis, Timea Bacsinzky and Xenia Knoll.

Wawrinka will have the opportunity of adding a Singles medal to his Olympic Gold in Doubles that he won alongside Federer at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. In case he wins Gold, a tough prospect considering how dominant Djokovic has been, he will achieve what Marc Rosset did in the Barcelona Olympics of 1992.

After an early exit from this year’s Wimbledon, Wawrinka made a deep run at the recently concluded Rogers Cup. Should he get his big serve and lethal backhand going, Wawrinka could be in the Olympic Final with a shout.