Tokyo Olympics tennis silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Paris Video games on Monday due to a hand damage.
The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic gained Wimbledon final yr regardless of being unseeded and was the runner-up on the French Open — performed at Roland Garros, the identical web site getting used for tennis matches at these Summer season Video games — in 2019.
She is coming off a first-round exit at Wimbledon this month, the primary girl since 1994 to lose her opening match a yr after successful the title on the All England Membership.
Vondrousova posted on social media about pulling out of the Olympics, saying that her focus now could be on being prepared for the U.S. Open, which begins in late August.
She was the runner-up to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on the Tokyo Olympics three years in the past.
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Vondrousova is at the moment ranked No. 18 on the planet and would have been seeded No. 12 in Paris.
The draw for the Olympics tennis competitors is scheduled for Thursday, and matches start on Saturday.