American teen star Coco Gauff and Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini on Sunday became the latest tennis players to withdraw from the Toky...
American teen star Coco Gauff and Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini on Sunday became the latest tennis players to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics.
Gauff will miss the Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19 while Berrettini said he was “devastated” at being forced to pull out with injury.
World number 25 Gauff will be now be in Covid-19 quarantine and isolation protocols.
“I am so disappointed to share the news that I have tested positive for COVID and won’t be able to play in the Olympic Games in Tokyo,” Gauff tweeted.
“It has always been a dream of mine to represent the USA at the Olympics and I hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future.”
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Gauff, who reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at this year’s French Open, became the latest tennis standout and US athlete to miss the Olympics.
🙏🏾❤️🤍💙 pic.twitter.com/lT0LoEV3eO
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) July 18, 2021
World No 8 Berrettini picked up the muscle problem in London where he became the first Italian to reach a Wimbledon singles final, losing in four sets to Novak Djokovic.
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