Tthree of the most outstanding tennis players in Russia, Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov y Liudmila Samsonova, y Aryna Sabalenka, la nº 3 mundial con naciónlidad beelorussahave declined the option of participating in the tennis event of the next Olympic Games in Paris (July 27 to August 4).
Although the official argument is the tight schedule, None of them like the idea of competing as neutrals and not being able to see their country’s flag flying or hear their anthem if they win Olympic gold. .
Khachanov, silver at the Tokyo Games in 2020, came close to this. Rublev climbed to the top of the podium in mixed doubles with his compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. No one won more metals than the Russian delegation since Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev won silver in the specialty.
Badosa, for the points, and Raducanu not even invited
Paula Badosa argued to the Spanish selector, Anabel Medina, his renunciation of using his protected ranking to enter the list by not distributing WTA points for the Olympic event.
It is worth remembering that Badosa is 113 on the lists and aspires to return to the ‘top100’ as soon as possible. The Catalan only defends the 45 points from the second round of Wimbledon until the end of the year, in 2023.
The British Emma Raducanudespite receiving an invitation from the International Tennis Federation as a ‘Grand Slam’ champion, It has also olympically passed from being in Paris 2024.
