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 "Roll back the years with @mhingis. Really excited to be playing
mixed doubles with you 15 years later at the Rio games," the
34-year-old Federer said on Twitter.
He last played alongside his fellow Swiss at the Hopman Cup in 2001.
Seventeen-times grand slam champion Federer, a year younger than
Hingis who came out of retirement for a second time in 2013 and won
the women's doubles at this year's Wimbledon and U.S. Open, claimed
Olympic gold for his country in 2008 when he partnered Stanislas
Wawrinka in Beijing.
Hingis, winner of five grand slam singles titles but never an
Olympic medal, and India's Sania Mirza are currently the top-ranked
women's doubles pairing.
"I looked up to her when I was younger, I thought she was the most
unbelievable talent," Federer told the BBC.
"She's almost my age and she was winning grand slams while I was
still at the national tennis center and I couldn't believe how good
she was."
World number three Federer will try to juggle his schedule next year
to give himself a shot at winning the Olympic singles gold, the one
notable title missing in his illustrious career.
He reached the final in London in 2012 but was beaten by Briton Andy
Murray.
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"I've always said the Olympics is very important to me," Federer
added. "Every Olympic Games has been a super-amazing experience, an
eye-opener, a great learning curve for me.
"Seeing other athletes, getting inspired and motivated, carrying the
flag is such a proud moment in my career and my life as a person. To
have done that twice for Switzerland, in Athens and Beijing, was
incredible."
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Tony Jimenez)
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