Updated:06/27/2021 15:59h
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The American tennis player Serena Williams, winner of 23 ‘Grand Slam’ titles, will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, where he aspired to win his fifth gold medal, he confirmed this Sunday.
I’m not on the Olympic list, not that I know of. If so, it should not be, “he confirmed at the press conference prior to his premiere at Wimbledon, the third ‘big’ of the season. “There are many reasons why I made my Olympic decision. I don’t feel like talking about them today, maybe another day. I am sorry», He added.
The 39-year-old tennis player, who debuted at the 2000 Sydney Games and treasures four olympic golds, one in the singles draw -London 2012- and three in doubles –Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012-, has already shown on several occasions his displeasure at not being able to travel with his daughter Olympia, three years old, to the Japanese capital.
On March 20, the organizers of the Olympic event reported that foreign audiences could not be received as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a decision that affects, for example, the relatives of the participants.
In this way, Williams joins other tennis players such as the Spanish Rafa Nadal or the Austrian Dominic Thiem as prominent absences in Tokyo. Meanwhile, the Serbian Novak Djokovic or the Swiss Roger Federer, among others, have not yet confirmed their participation.
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