Women’s tennis number 2 Naomi Osaka has retired from the Wimbledon championship for personal reasons but will be ready for the Tokyo Olympics, her agent said Thursday.
Naomi Osaka failed to make it through the semi-finals at Wimbledon (AFP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Naomi Osaka will skip Wimbledon in 2021 to take some time with friends and family
- Osaka had withdrawn after their first round win at Roland Garros at the French Open in 2021
- Osaka is after Rafael Nadal. the second big ticket player to leave the championships
Naomi Osaka has decided to retire from Wimbledon in 2021 but will attend this year’s Olympics in Japan, the tennis player’s advisor confirmed on Thursday. The championships will be held from June 28th to July 11th this year.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka pulled out of the 2021 French Open last month after her first-round win after organizers fined her $ 15,000 and threatened her with a ban from the Roland Garros, when she refused to attend the mandatory post-game press conferences.
“Naomi won’t be playing at Wimbledon this year. She personally takes time with friends and family. She will be ready for the Olympics and looks forward to playing in front of her home fans, ”Osaka’s agent Stuart Duguid wrote in an email to Reuters.
Osaka is the second big ticket player from skip The championships according to Rafael Nadalwho announced his decision to retire to focus on taking care of his body and extending his career.
Nadal will also not be participating in the Tokyo Olympics next month.
20-time Grand Slam winner Nadal, who was beaten by eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals earlier this month by Roland Garros, said the short gap between Roland Garros and Wimbledon from June 28th didn’t leave him enough time to to recover. Nadal claimed that the Olympics will always be special to him and that he had the honor of representing Spain in 3 Olympics.
“Hi everyone, I have chosen not to compete in this year’s Wimbledon Championships and the Tokyo Olympics. It’s never an easy decision, but after listening to my body and talking to my team about it, I understand that it is the right decision. ” “, Said Nadal.
“The goal is to extend my career and continue to do what makes me happy, which is to compete at the highest level and to fight for these professional and personal goals at the highest level of competition,” he added.
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