In addition, each country may only send six players (singles competition: 4 players) to the Games. In the singles events, 56 athletes will qualify based on their world ranking and as a rule, must have represented their country in recent national team-level competitions. London 2012 was unusual for being played on the grass courts of Wimbledon. Matches will be played on hard courts, which is the usual surface for the Olympic tournament.
It returned 64 years later, with Miloslav Mečíř (Czechoslovakia) and Steffi Graf (West Germany) winning gold in the two singles tournaments at Seoul 1988.Īt Tokyo 2020, the tournament will follow a knockout format with men’s and women’s singles and doubles competitions, and a mixed doubles event that was first contested at London 2012. Tennis appeared at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 but was dropped from the programme after the Paris 1924 Games. Between them, the Williams sisters have won a total of eight Olympic gold medals. Earlier, Indian Mens Hockey team defeated Spain 3-0 in Pool A match. Recent gold medallists have included such legends of the sport as Rafael Nadal (men’s singles, Beijing 2008), Andy Murray (men’s singles, London 2012 and Rio 2016), and Venus and Serena Williams. Tokyo Olympics 2020, July 27 HIGHLIGHTS: Boxer Lovlina enters quarter-finals Mens hockey team wins Boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeated Germanys Nadine Apetz to enter quarter-finals. Boris Becker and Michael Stich (1992), Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka (2008) and Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (2012) have also clinched doubles gold for their nations.Įvery four years, the Olympic Tennis tournament attracts the world’s top stars.
In 2016, Nadal added the doubles gold medal to his collection alongside Marc Lopez. 1s - Andre Agassi (1996), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000), Rafael Nadal (2008) and Andy Murray (2012, 2016) - have captured the singles gold medal. Since tennis’ return to the Summer Olympic Games at Seoul 1988, four former World No.
1 Novak Djokovic faces Jan-Lennard Struff in round two of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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