Facing the influence of Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 summer Olympics cannot take place as planned. Accordingly, the Organizing Committee decided to move to 2021. On July 23, the biggest sports festival on the planet will officially open in Tokyo (Japan).
For tennis athletes, this will be a very busy summer. Beginning from June to mid -September, they will take turns 3 Grand Slam on 3 different pitches, Roland Garros (soil), Wimbledon (grass) and US Open (hard). With the Olympic schedule this year, many players will have to stretch themselves in a big tournament.
This is also the reason why a series of tennis stars announced withdrawing from the Olympic Games in recent years. The most notable name is Rafael Nadal. On June 17, the world's No. 3 player was surprised when he announced not to attend both Wimbledon and the Summer Olympics. The Spanish star said that he was really exhausted after the long ground season and wanted more time to rest and restore physical.
In the following days, the information that players withdraw from the Olympic Games appeared more and more. The first is Dominic Thiem, who wants to focus on improving achievements in Grand Slam tournaments; Next, Denis Shapovalov did not want to go to Tokyo for fear of the influence of the disease or Casper Ruud wanted to direct the target to the Paris Olympic Games 2024.
Latest, Serena Williams made the same decision. Sharing at the press conference before Wimbledon, the famous American player said: “There are many reasons why I decided to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games. I will not attend the Olympics this year, but may be able to participate at another time. Currently, there are so many things that make me think, from epidemics to Grand Slam.”
In addition to the stress schedule, the disease is also the reason why players are afraid of going to Tokyo. Over the past time, many stars have opposed the Olympic organization in the context of the disease has not been controlled. In addition, strict regulations on the prevention of CIVI-19 epidemic prevention of Tokyo also make players not very interested in this year's internal fortune.
However, there are still many stars who have committed to being available at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Currently, Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Victoria Azarenka, Aryna Sabalenka and Andy Murray both confirmed to participate. Of these, Nole is determined to become the first player in the history of “Golden Slam”, which is the championship of all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the year and winning the Olympic gold medal.
