U.S. tennis participant Coco Gauff has examined optimistic for the coronavirus, forcing her to drag out of the Tokyo Olympics.
“I’m so disillusioned to share the information that I’ve examined optimistic for COVID and will not be capable to play within the Olympic Video games in Tokyo,” Gauff tweeted on Sunday.
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“It has all the time been a dream of mine to symbolize the USA on the Olympics, and I hope there might be many extra possibilities for me to make this come true sooner or later.”
The 17-year-old misplaced to Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Courtroom within the fourth spherical at Wimbledon earlier this month. It was the second time she had misplaced at that stage after her breakthrough run on the All England Membership in 2019..
Gauff is No. 25 within the WTA rankings.
“We have been saddened to study that Coco Gauff has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and can due to this fact be unable to take part within the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games,” the U.S. Tennis Affiliation stated in an announcement.
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“We want her the perfect as she offers with this unlucky scenario and hope to see her again on the courts very quickly. We all know Coco will be part of all of us in rooting on the opposite Group USA members who might be travelling to Japan and competing within the coming days.”
The Olympics begin on Friday in Tokyo and run till Aug. 8.
