Olympic Tennis Paris 7/27 - 8/4 2024

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hmmm.. sounds like personal considerations to me. But it is also true that they have never actually done well in doubles anyway.
as someone on Reddit said - 'Badosa said no' !

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hmmm.. sounds like personal considerations to me. But it is also true that they have never actually done well in doubles anyway.
as someone on Reddit said - 'Badosa said no' !

That was actually my first thought as well...

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Men's Singles Projected Olympic Entries
World Ranking
Entry Rank Name Country Entry
1 1 Jannik Sinner ITA 1
2 2 Novak Djokovic SRB 1
3 3 Carlos Alcaraz ESP 1
4 4 Daniil Medvedev RUS 1
5 5 Alexander Zverev GER 1
6 6 Andrey Rublev RUS 2
7 7 Hubert Hurkacz POL 1
8 8 Grigor Dimitrov BUL 1
9 9 Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 1
10 10 Alex de Minaur AUS 1
11 11 Casper Ruud NOR 1
12 12 Taylor Fritz USA 1
13 13 Tommy Paul USA 2
14 14 Ben Shelton USA 3
15 15 Holger Rune DEN 1
16 16 Ugo Humbert FRA 1
17 17 Alexander Bublik KAZ 1
18 18 Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 1
19 19 Sebastian Baez ARG 1
20 20 Nicolas Jarry CHI 1
21 21 Adrian Mannarino FRA 2
22 22 Karen Khachanov RUS 3
23 23 Tallon Griekspoor NED 1
24 24 Alejandro Tabilo CHI 2
25 25 Jiri Lehecka CZE 1
26 26 Sebastian Korda USA 4
27 27 Francisco Cerundolo ARG 2
28 29 Mariano Navone ARG 3
29 30 Lorenzo Musetti ITA 2
30 31 Tomas Martin Etcheverry ARG 4
31 32 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ESP 2
32 33 Tomas Machac CZE 2
33 34 Matteo Arnaldi ITA 3
34 35 Jan Lennard Struff GER 2
35 36 Gael Monfils FRA 3
36 37 Jordan Thompson AUS 2
37 38 Arthur Fils FRA 4
38 39 Cameron Norrie GBR 1
39 40 Jack Draper GBR 2
40 41 Luciano Darderi ITA 4
41 42 Fabian Marozsan HUN 1
42 43 Roman Safiullin RUS 4
43 46 Pedro Martinez ESP 3
44 47 Nuno Borges POR 1
45 48 Alexei Popyrin AUS 3
46 49 Laslo Djere SRB 2
47 52 Sebastian Ofner AUT 1
48 53 Miomir Kecmanovic SRB 3
49 55 Marton Fucsovics HUN 2
50 57 Duasn Lajovic SRB 4
51 59 Alexander Shevchenko KAZ 2
52 64 Daniel Evans GBR 3
53 PR Denis Shapovalov CAN 2
54 PR Kei Nishikori JPN 1
55 PR Rafael Nadal ESP 4
56 PR Marin Cilic CRO 1
Continental Places
Af1 Moez Echargui TUN 1
Am1 Thiago Monteiro BRA 2
Am2 Tomas Barrios Vera CHI 1
As1 Zhang Zhizhen CHN 1
Legacy Gold Medalist/Grand Slam Champion
92 Stan Wawrinka SUI 1
96 Andy Murray GBR 4
Host Nation (reallocated)
65 Dominik Koepfer GER 3
Universality
98 Sumit Nagal IND 1

* based on current live rankings so some changes in the order are possible with a handful of players playing in the next week
* some questions around players with injuries such as Lehecka, and Cilic
* France will not need the host country spot so it will be reallocated to the next highest ranked player
* Universality spot is a guess based on the highest ranked non-European player from a country without an entry

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Women's Singles Projected Olympic Entries
World Ranking
Entry Rank Name Country Entry
1 1 Iga Swiatek POL 1
2 2 Coco Gauff USA 1
3 3 Aryna Sabalenka BLR 1
4 4 Elena Rybakina KAZ 1
5 5 Marketa Vondrousova CZE 1
6 6 Jessica Pegula USA 2
7 8 Maria Sakkari GRE 1
8 9 Ons Jabeur TUN 1
9 10 Danielle Collins USA 3
10 11 Madison Keys USA 4
11 12 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 1
12 13 Daria Kasatkina RUS 1
13 14 Jasmine Paolini ITA 1
14 15 Ludmilla Samsonova RUS 2
15 16 Ekaterina Alexandrova RUS 3
16 18 Marta Kostyuk UKR 1
17 19 Victoria Azarenka BLR 2
18 20 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 1
19 21 Elina Svitolina UKR 2
20 22 Caroline Garcia FRA 1
21 23 Anna Kalinskaya RUS 4
22 24 Barboara Krejcikova CZE 2
23 26 Dayana Yastremska UKR 3
24 27 Linda Noskova CZE 3
25 28 Sorana Cirstea ROU 1
26 29 Katie Boulter GBR 1
27 30 Katerina Siniakova CZE 4
28 31 Leylah Fernandez CAN 1
29 32 Elise Mertens BEL 1
30 38 Yue Yan CHN 2
31 39 Donna Vekic CRO 1
32 40 Xinyu Wang CHN 3
33 41 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 2
34 42 Clara Burel FRA 2
35 43 Elisabetta Cocciaretto ITA 2
36 44 Magda Linette POL 2
37 46 Anhelina Kalinina UKR 4
38 49 Ana Bogdan ROU 2
39 51 Magdalena Frech POL 3
40 52 Xiyu Wang CHN 4
41 55 Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP 1
42 56 Arantxa Rus NED 1
43 61 Tatjana Maria GER 1
44 62 Nadia Podoroska ARG 1
45 63 Cristina Bucsa ESP 2
46 64 Diane Parry FRA 3
47 65 Clara Tauson DEN 1
48 67 Lucia Bronzetti ITA 3
49 68 Viktoriya Tomova BUL 1
50 69 Jacqueline Cristian ROU 3
51 70 Varvara Gracheva FRA 4
52 73 Viktoria Golubic SUI 1
53 SR Angelique Kerber GER 2
54 SR Naomi Osaka JPN 1
55 SR Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 4
56 SR Bianca Andreescu CAN 2
Continental Places
Af1 Maya Sherif EGY 1
Am1 Laura Pigossi BRA 1
Am2 Maria Lourdes Carle ARG 2
As1 Zheng Qinwen CHN 1
Legacy Gold Medalist/Grand Slam Champion
115 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 2
205 Emma Raducanu GBR 2
Host Nation (reallocated)
74 Tamara Korpatsch GER 3
Universality
99 Renata Zarazua MEX 1

* based on current live rankings so some changes in the order are possible with a handful of players playing in the next week
* France will not need the host country spot so it will be reallocated to the next highest ranked player
* Universality spot is a guess based on the highest ranked non-European player from a country without an entry

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HASSAN, KOVINIC GRANTED UNIVERSALITY PLACES FOR TENNIS AT PARIS 2024

The ITF has announced that Lebanon’s Benjamin Hassan and Danka Kovinic, of Montenegro, are the first two players confirmed to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event after both were awarded Universality places into the men’s and women’s singles events.

Universality Places are awarded to nations who are under represented in the Olympic Games and allocated to National Olympic Committees by the Olympic Games Tripartite Commission in consultation with the ITF.

Hassan will be the first player from Lebanon to take part in an Olympic Tennis Event, while Kovinic, who became the first Montenegrin to take part in tennis at the Games at Rio 2016, is set for her second Olympic appearance.

"It’s always a great pleasure representing my country, especially at the Olympics,” said Kovinic. “This means even more for me, knowing I had to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 at the last minute due to an injury. I genuinely hope the Games in Paris will be another great experience for myself and that I could embrace all the atmosphere Olympics can bring to the athletes."

"Growing up, playing tennis has always been my passion and I had a dream of reaching stellar positions and representing my country in international tournaments," said Hassan. "Taking part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event is an important milestone in realising my dreams.”

“This means even more for me, knowing I had to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 at the last minute due to an injury"
News of their participation at the Games on 27 July – 4 August comes on the day of the ranking cut-off for the Olympic Tennis Event, with the direct acceptances into each of the men’s and women’s singles and doubles events at Paris 2024 set to be determined by today’s ATP and WTA rankings.

With the entry process due to be completed by the end of June, the full entry list for Paris 2024 will be announced by the ITF on 4 July, though some nations will be able to confirm their teams in advance of that date.

As well as the 56 direct acceptances and universality place, there are also six final qualification places into each of the men’s and women’s singles events that can be utilised as a result of players performances at Continental Games, as well as two places for former Grand Slam or Olympic champions with the highest number of titles.

There is also a host country place which in this case will not be required given the strength of France’s team – thus increasing the ranking cut for direct acceptance.

Doubles
The doubles Top 10, per the rankings of today (10 June), will receive direct entry into the doubles event if nominated by their country. Those players need to be able to team up with a player from their nation ranked in the Top 300 in either singles or doubles. The remaining places into the doubles draw are allocated by combined ranking, and then by singles priority.

Bear in mind, a country can only nominate a maximum of six players for each of the men’s and women’s events across singles and doubles.

Based on today’s rankings, the following players will be able to pick their partner for Paris 2024, if nominated by their country:

Men’s doubles Top 10: Matthew Ebden (AUS), Marcel Granollers (ESP), Horacio Zeballos (ARG), Rohan Bopanna (IND), Joe Salisbury (GBR), Rajeev Ram (USA), Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) (*won't compete at Paris 2024 as there is no other player from El Salvador ranked inside the world's Top 300), Wesley Koolhof (NED), Mate Pavic (CRO), Andrea Vavassori (ITA).

Women’s doubles Top 10:
Elise Mertens (BEL) (*Has elected not to play at Paris 2024), Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE), Erin Routliffe (NZL), Storm Hunter (AUS)* (injured), Katerina Siniakova (CZE), Laura Siegemund (GER), Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN), Vera Zvonareva, Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA), Ellen Perez (AUS)


The full entry list for the Olympic Tennis Event will be published on the ITF website here on 4 July

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-m ... aris-2024/

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What happened, did Stefanie Voegele and Veronica Cepede Royg retire finally?

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What happened, did Stefanie Voegele and Veronica Cepede Royg retire finally?

Yes

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Caroline Wozniacki, and Naomi Osaka have been given the Legacy Gold Medalist/Grand Slam Champion entries to the Woman's singles draw.

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I was hoping that Kasatkina would go, but I guess the Russians weren't going to summit the name of the most high profile queer athlete to compete in Paris.

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World No.3 Sabalenka announces she will not play in Paris Olympics
2024 Olympics • 4 hrs ago

BERLIN -- World No.3 Aryna Sabalenka will not play the upcoming Paris Olympics. The reigning Australian Open champion told reporters at the ecotrans Ladies Open that she has made the decision in order to take care of herself and prepare for the hard-court summer.

"Especially with all the struggles I've been struggling with the last months, I feel I have to take care of my health," Sabalenka said at media day on Monday. "It's too much for the scheduling and I made the decision to take care of my health."

For the first time since Barcelona in 1992, the Olympic tennis event will be held on clay. This will require players to transition from grass at Wimbledon to the clay at Roland Garros for the Olympics and back to the North American hard courts. The hard-court summer features back-to-back WTA 1000 events in Toronto and Cincinnati, followed by the final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open, where Sabalenka was a finalist last year.

"I prefer to have a little rest to make sure physically and health-wise I'm ready for the hard courts," Sabalenka said, "and I'll have a good preparation before going to the hard court season. I feel that this is safer and better for my body."

Sabalenka is the No.2 seed this week in Berlin. She is playing her first tournament since Roland Garros, where she struggled with a stomach illness during her quarterfinal loss to Mirra Andreeva.

"It was the worst experience I had in my life on court," Sabalenka said. "I've played while being ill, I've played with injuries, but when you have a stomach bug and you don't have any energy to play and you're in the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam, that was really terrible experience. But it is how it is.

"I think my body was just asking for some rest. I managed to find a couple of days to chill and recover after the tough months."

Sabalenka has already begun her grass-court preparation with a week training on the grass courts at Aorangi Park at Wimbledon. The initial adjustment was severe, but Sabalenka is confident she can quickly find her grass-court game. She has yet to win a title on the turf, but she is already a two-time semifinalist at Wimbledon.

"We just don't play enough time on grass so I don't have enough time to win a title," Sabalenka said. "It's not like I feel bad, I've made some good results on the grass and I feel really good. I think grass actually suits my game really well.

"So it's not about the surface, it's about the month of tournaments, the amount of opportunities that I have on a grass court."

Sabalenka will open her Berlin campaign against No.14 Daria Kasatkina in the second round. Kasatkina advanced with a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 win over Marta Kostyuk on Monday.

https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4039900/ ... s-olympics

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Raducanu rejects Olympic wildcard but Murray in squad

16 June 2024
Emma Raducanu has turned down the chance to play for Great Britain at this summer's Olympics - but two-time singles gold medallist Andy Murray is set to compete in Paris.

Raducanu, 21, is ranked too low to qualify as she continues to come back from surgery on her wrists and ankle last year.

The 2021 US Open champion was offered one of two places by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) that are reserved for former Grand Slam champions.

Raducanu missed the French Open - played on the same clay courts of Roland Garros that will stage the Olympic tennis - to ensure she is fit for the British grass-court season.

The Olympics is sandwiched between the grass courts of Wimbledon and the hard courts of the US Open.

Given her injury issues, Raducanu said she thought it was "not necessary" to put her body through switching surfaces.

"I'm very single minded and I do things my own way and in my own time whenever I want," said Raducanu, who lost to Katie Boulter in the Nottingham Open semi-finals.

"So not in a diva way, [I'm] just prioritising my body and my health because I know if I'm fit, I know if I'm giving my 100%, I know great things are happening and coming.

"I just don't think there's any need to put additional stress on my body or any risk, especially with my history."

Iain Bates, the head of GB's Olympic tennis team, said he was "very comfortable" with Raducanu's decision.

"Everyone's aware of her history and the double wrist surgery from last year," he added. "That [change of surface] places a greater stress on her."

Great Britain's nominations were announced at Queen's Club on Sunday.

The ITF will announce the full entry list for Paris 2024 on 4 July.

Who is going to play for Team GB?
Murray, who won gold in the men's singles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, has been given an ITF place for what could be the final tournament of the 37-year-old's career.

The former world number one said earlier this year he did not expect to "play much past this summer".

Murray and Dan Evans have also been nominated for the men's doubles, with the Scot recently indicating he would only play in Paris if he could play in the team event.

"There is more chance of me winning a medal in the doubles rather than the singles," said Murray.

"I'm not 100% sure. It depends a little bit physically how I'm doing and a bit how the next few weeks ago as well.

"My plan just now is to play but it's not straightforward."

Cameron Norrie, Jack Draper and Dan Evans are set to join Murray in the men's singles.

Katie Boulter is the only British woman to have qualified by ranking for the Games.

Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski will play in the men's doubles by virtue of their world ranking.

Boulter and Heather Watson have been nominated for the women's doubles, as have Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden.

The Olympic tennis tournament will run from 27 July to 4 August at Roland Garros.

Players will compete across five medal events: women's singles, men's singles, women's doubles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.

'A clear cut decision'
Analysis by BBC tennis correspondent, Russell Fuller

Emma Raducanu can sometimes be very direct. She made no attempt to paint this as an agonising decision - because the decision was very clear cut in her mind.

It has been apparent for a while that her ranking would not be high enough for direct entry, and with uncertainty over whether she would be offered an ITF place, a plan for the summer was drawn up.

Raducanu is clearly wary of regularly changing surface having had so many issues with her body since winning the US Open.

But she will also see the North American hard court season as a time when her comeback could really gather momentum. Those who do play the Olympics will have a maximum of three weeks between the end of the Games and the start of the final Grand Slam of the year.

Some will feel a player should always represent their country if the opportunity arises.

And there is of course a risk in saying no, as even at just 21 years of age there is no guarantee the chance will come around again.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/c511em3zm21o

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