At the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, what will be common to the squads of Liechtenstein, Belarus, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and the Russian Federation, but perhaps not Switzerland?
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The flag bearers (the people who lead their respective squads into the stadium) for each of these countries will be tennis players. In order, they are: Stephanie Vogt, Max Mirnyi, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Maria Sharapova. Roger Federer led his country out in the last two Olympics and has been offered the distinction once again, but he isn't quite sure he wants to hog the honour. Talk about choices.
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