Roger Federer unsure about Olympics; will reassess after Wimbledon
June 26, 2021 21:23 ISTFederer said that how things go over the coming fortnight will affect his plans for the next couple of months.
Federer said that how things go over the coming fortnight will affect his plans for the next couple of months.
Kerber is seeded 25th for Wimbledon and will play Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic in the first round next week.
Ankita had won a bronze at the 2018 Asian Games, where the winner was assured of a Continental qualification place in the women's singles draw at the Tokyo Olympics.
Federer, who has a 101-13 match record at Wimbledon since his debut in 1999, will take on France's world No. 42 Adrian Mannarino in the first round.
The top-seeded Djokovic will have a lot at stake when play begins at the All England Club on Monday, a year after the grass-court tournament was canceled because of the pandemic.
Halep is ranked No. 3 but would have been seeded second at the All England Club because second-ranked Naomi Osaka pulled out of Wimbledon earlier.
Showing nerves of steel, Ramkumar saved one match point after another but eventually lost 3-6 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3 9-11 to his Australian rival after battling his heart out in a three hour and 30-minute contest.
The tennis world was shaken when the All England Club announced on April 1, 2020, that Wimbledon would be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic — the first time since World War II it was called off for any reason.
The 27-year-old from Austria retired during the opening set of his first match at the Mallorca Open grass-court tuneup tournament this week, citing a wrist injury.
Murray defended his men's singles title at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, becoming the first men's tennis player to win two Olympic gold medals in the singles event.
The 34-year-old veteran will be the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she competes at next month's Olympics.
Wimbledon was cancelled last year for the first time since 1945 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 26-year old now needs to beat Australia's 32nd seed Marc Polmans, ranked 152.
The Indian tennis player attempt to qualify for the women's singles main draw of Wimbledon failed after she went down in the first round of the Qualifiers.
The left-handed Indian, ranked 148, lost 1-6 6-7(5) to his 18-year-old rival, who is ranked as low as 1038.
Making his announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, the 22-year-old Shapovalov said, "Hey everyone, after careful consideration I wanted to let you know that I will not be participating in the Olympics this year.
Top-seeded Petra Kvitova had to dig deep to reach the second round of the Bad Homburg Open in beating Polish qualifier Katarzyna Piter 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
The 25-year-old Berrettini became the first newcomer to triumph at Queen’s since Boris Becker in 1985. Becker went on to win Wimbledon in the same year.
Humbert hit nine aces and saved both break points he faced to beat the fourth-seeded Rublev in 1 hour, 24 minutes for his first ATP 500 title.
The fourth-seeded Rublev struck 24 winners past Basilashvili in semi-final win to set up a title clash with Ugo Humbert.
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