MADRID, 15 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista announced on Tuesday his resignation to play the Tokyo Olympic Games, a decision that occurs within “a very intense season both physically and mentally” and with which he tries to “find a balance in the intense calendar” of professional tennis.
“It is being a very intense season both physically and mentally and, after discussing it and thinking it over carefully with my team, we have decided not to go to Tokyo to try to find a balance in the intense calendar that we have as tennis players. The Olympic Games are a great event in which I have been fortunate to participate previously, I wish the Spanish tennis team and the entire national delegation in Tokyo all the best, “said Bautista in a statement.
The 33-year-old from Castellón has returned this week to the ‘Top 10’ of the world ranking, where he is the second best Spanish player just behind Rafa Nadal. After failing to shine in the clay-court season, where his best results have been the round of 16 in Monte Carlo and Rome, and being eliminated in the second round at Ronald Garros against the Swiss Henri Laaksonen, he has chosen to rule out the Games.
