According to Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson of CNN on Monday, American women’s tennis player Coco Gauff of Atlanta, Georgia has pulled out of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because she has tested positive for coronavirus. Gauff is the second high-profile women’s tennis player to announce her withdrawal from the Olympic Games over the last week because of a positive diagnosis of coronavirus. The other was Johanna Konta of Great Britain.
The United States Tennis Association is currently trying to check with the International Olympic Committee if they can replace Gauff with another American women’s player. The American women’s singles players are currently 2021 Australian Open finalist Jennifer Brady of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jessica Pegula of Buffalo, New York, and Alison Riske of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the fact that 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin of Pembroke Pines, Florida, 2017 U.S. Open finalist Madison Keys of Rock Island, Illinois, and 23-time women’s singles major champion Serena Williams of Saginaw, Michigan have already withdrawn from the Olympic field, the next highest-ranked American who would hypothetically replace Gauff is Shelby Rogers of Charleston, South Carolina, who is 42nd in the world.
One must realize that Vasek Pospisil of Canada pulled out of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo last week because of a right shoulder injury according to Rogers Sportsnet, and is not being replaced by another Canadian. Other high-profile tennis players not going to the Olympic Games in Tokyo are Daniel Evans of Great Britain, Roger Federer of Switzerland, Canadians Bianca Andreescu, Denis Shapovalov, and Milos Raonic, Rafael Nadal of Spain, and Nick Kyrgios of Australia.
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