Naomi Osaka withdraws form Wimbledon after Nadal, Plans for Tokyo Olympics, Exited to perform for Home Fans.
Naomi Osaka and Rafael Nadal are sitting outside Wimbledon, leaving the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament without two big stars in the game as it returns after being canceled last year due to a coronavirus epidemic.
Osaka's lawyer, Stuart Duguid, wrote in an email on Thursday that the four-time Grand Slam champion plans to head to the Summer Games after skipping Wimbledon.
"He lives with friends and family," Duguid wrote. "He will be ready to go to the Olympics and enjoy playing in front of his home fans."
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Osaka, 23, was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father. The family moved to the United States when he was three years old and still lives there.
Osaka is ranked first and currently number 2. She is the highest paid female athlete and became AP Female Athlete of the Year. He is 14-3 years old this season, including the title at the Australian Open in February.
Last month, Osaka was fined $ 15,000 for not speaking to reporters after his first victory at the France Open. The next day, he was completely out of the competition, saying he encountered "big waves of anxiety" before meeting with the media and revealed that he "had a long period of depression."
In a statement posted on Twitter at the time, he said "he will take some time to leave the court now, but when the time is right, I want to work with Tour to discuss ways we can make things better for players, press and fans."
Osaka has played at Wimbledon three times, twice coming out of the third round and losing in the first round in 2019.
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Wimbledon, suspended in 2020 for the first time since World War II due to concerns about COVID-19, begins playing a big game in the middle of June 28. The Olympic tennis tournament kicks off on July 24th.
Nadal, a two-time champion at the All England Club, announced on social media on Thursday that he would once again miss the Tokyo Olympics to rest and recover "after listening to my body."
"The goal," says the 35-year-old Spaniard, "is to prolong my career and keep up the good work that makes me happy."
Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic by four worrying four-legged semifinals at the French Open semifinals last week - only Nadal's third defeat in 108 games at Roland Garros, where he won 13 record titles.
That defeat ended Nadal's 35-match winning streak in a major clay competition and his quest for the fifth consecutive title there.
After Djokovic's defeat to Roland Garros, Nadal identified fatigue as a challenge for him in the later stages of the game.
On Thursday, he explained in one of his tweets that avoiding "any kind of excess" dressing and tearing his body "is the most important part of this phase of my career to try to continue striving for a higher level of competition and qualifications."
A former No. 1 player now number 3, Nadal is 23-4, with two titles this season in Barcelona and Rome, both on the clay court.
Osaka's lawyer, Stuart Duguid, wrote in an email on Thursday that the four-time Grand Slam champion plans to head to the Summer Games after skipping Wimbledon.
"He lives with friends and family," Duguid wrote. "He will be ready to go to the Olympics and enjoy playing in front of his home fans."
Osaka, 23, was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father. The family moved to the United States when he was three years old and still lives there.
Osaka is ranked first and currently number 2. She is the highest paid female athlete and became AP Female Athlete of the Year. He is 14-3 years old this season, including the title at the Australian Open in February.
Last month, Osaka was fined $ 15,000 for not speaking to reporters after his first victory at the France Open. The next day, he was completely out of the competition, saying he encountered "big waves of anxiety" before meeting with the media and revealed that he "had a long period of depression."
In a statement posted on Twitter at the time, he said "he will take some time to leave the court now, but when the time is right, I want to work with Tour to discuss ways we can make things better for players, press and fans."
Osaka has played at Wimbledon three times, twice coming out of the third round and losing in the first round in 2019.
Wimbledon, suspended in 2020 for the first time since World War II due to concerns about COVID-19, begins playing a big game in the middle of June 28. The Olympic tennis tournament kicks off on July 24th.
Nadal, a two-time champion at the All England Club, announced on social media on Thursday that he would once again miss the Tokyo Olympics to rest and recover "after listening to my body."
"The goal," says the 35-year-old Spaniard, "is to prolong my career and keep up the good work that makes me happy."
Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic by four worrying four-legged semifinals at the French Open semifinals last week - only Nadal's third defeat in 108 games at Roland Garros, where he won 13 record titles.
That defeat ended Nadal's 35-match winning streak in a major clay competition and his quest for the fifth consecutive title there.
After Djokovic's defeat to Roland Garros, Nadal identified fatigue as a challenge for him in the later stages of the game.
On Thursday, he explained in one of his tweets that avoiding "any kind of excess" dressing and tearing his body "is the most important part of this phase of my career to try to continue striving for a higher level of competition and qualifications."
A former No. 1 player now number 3, Nadal is 23-4, with two titles this season in Barcelona and Rome, both on the clay court.
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