Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Paris Olympics tennis competitors on Thursday.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion pulled out simply hours after the draw was introduced at Roland Garros.
Rybakina, who was seeded third in singles, additionally was as a result of compete in blended doubles with Alexander Bublik.
In a press release posted to its web site, the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation mentioned Rybakina, 25, is ailing.
“In the meanwhile Elena is affected by acute bronchitis, and medical doctors have strictly forbidden her not solely to go to court docket however even to fly to the occasion,” the assertion learn. “Rybakina was actively getting ready for the video games, anticipating to carry out at a excessive stage of play on the Olympics, however as a result of her situation, it has now change into inconceivable.”
The eight-time WTA Tour winner misplaced to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina within the bronze-medal match on the Tokyo Video games in 2021.
France’s Caroline Garcia will take Rybakina’s spot within the draw because the seventeenth seed, with Australia’s Daria Saville coming into the draw as an alternate.
–Discipline Degree Media
