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189 The question is, after losing the final, how are you going to see it? Are you going to see the glass half full or half empty? The question is, after losing the final [to Andy Murray], how are you going to see it? Are you going to see the glass half full or half empty? You go into the little room, they take you off the court, you put your official tracksuit on and that gives you five minutes before you walk back out again and it actually gives you time to reflect on what happened. You could be very sad, very angry, very happy, whatever it is. I sat there and I was just deflated, sad, didn't really have any chance in the final, but still felt like this opportunity playing at Wimbledon for the Olympics will never come back, so I'm very disappointed right now but I'm actually going to see the positive. I walked out and del Potro was there and I was like, "How did you go?" because I figured he had lost against Novak Djokovic. He told me, "No, I won." I was like, "Really, wow, congratulations on the bronze. That's such a great thing." And then I realised for myself actually I'm super happy because he was ecstatic that he had won the bronze. And then for me finishing with a silver I thought was a great thing and I was happy for Andy to win the gold, so the three of us in some ways will always stay connected by that day. It was a big day even though I did get a crushing defeat and you could seem very negative, but I didn't, and I said I'm going to actually be really proud and happy that I got a silver for Switzerland. I'm obviously very proud to have carried the flag for Switzerland twice, that was amazing in Athens and in Beijing. Beijing was so bloody hot, it was crazy at the opening ceremony. I remember the German delegation came in with light blue suits and they were dark blue at the end of the night because they were all sweating bullets. At Sydney 2000, Mirka [Federer's wife] had lost in the first round against Elena Dementieva, she was part of it, her and Emmanuelle Gagliardi. I was the only (Swiss) guy. Marc Rosset was supposed to come but he pulled out. I was left to be the only guy and with the coach, the physio and everything, we were just all hanging out, the five or six of us the whole time. We had the best time. I had the two tough losses against Tommy Haas in the semis and Arnaud Di Pasquale in the bronze medal match. Mirka was still there, she stayed to practise and to support me and all the other players too. That's when we realised it was more than just friendship and I'm happy it happened that way.