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  On 7/4/2024 at 12:19 PM, Kerkun said:

Possible mixed doubles lineups. Bold are confirmed pairings.

 

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  On 7/1/2024 at 12:48 PM, Jan Linha said:

squad for Paris Games

 

Men's singles: Tomáš Machač, Jakub Menšík 

 

Men's doubles: Tomáš Machač/Adam Pavlásek

 

Women's singles: Barbora Krejčíková, Markéta Vondroušova, Linda Nosková, Karolína Muchová 

 

Women's doubles: Barbora Krejčíková/Kateřina Siniakova , Karolína Muchová/Markéta Vondroušova 

 

Mixed Doubles: will sign in Tomáš Machač/Kateřina Siniakova 

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thanks!!! was this published anywhere?

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  On 6/20/2024 at 4:25 PM, Monzanator said:

 

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Curiously USA will only go with 11 tennis players. Not sure why not Caroline Dolehide in doubles.

 

https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-media---news/gauff--fritz-leads-six-first-time-olympians-among-11-u-s--select.html

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  On 6/18/2024 at 3:13 AM, vinipereira said:

Sure, but maybe they should just say that they are prioritizing their ranking over the Olympics? (like every single Games)

 

Of course every player may choose what's best for them, but it would absolutely piss me off if some player wouldn't play the Games because of something like this.

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Thiago Wild did this in Tokyo, let's see if he will do it again (obviously he had a crap summer season on clay and got no ranking points lol).

 

In Tokyo it was more... understandable.

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  On 6/17/2024 at 5:04 PM, avlar said:

Thank you for the excellent news.

 

Our NOC published single quotas today 

https://noc-ukr.org/news/24944/

 

By the way, it can also mean that doubles for AINs were rejected. No official information on this by now.

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I don't see any relation in that. 
But yeah, let's wait and see.

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Actually ITF confirmed the 2 pairs!

 

I believe they are the first "Extra players (not on the top10) for doubles" announced

 

 

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  On 6/17/2024 at 10:10 AM, avlar said:

ITF confirmed  singles to our NOC

 

Kostiuk, Svitolina, Yastremska, Kalinina.

 

Pairs are to be confirmed: 1 or 2.

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could you send me the link regarding pairs please

But this means the Kichenoks are on the waiting list or the pairs would be formed by single athletes?

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  On 6/16/2024 at 1:19 PM, evil betty said:

The BBC story says that Raducanu turned down the legacy spot which is strange and has two consequences that I can see: 1st, Osaka must be using her PR if Wozniacki is a legacy qualifier, 2nd: who else would take it then? So maybe another reallocated quota for the women's side.

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  On 6/16/2024 at 1:28 PM, gilbsh said:

only Halep can take that 2nd legacy spot i guess.

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Actually Halep has no ranking so she can not get a legacy GS (one must be in the top400).

The ranking for the legacy would be:

1- Osaka (4GS)
2- Kerber (3GS)
3- Bencic (1OG, #92), theoretically, but she gave birth on April 23th...
4- Wozniacki (1GS, #117)
5- Raducanu (1GS, #209)
6- Andreescu (1GS, #228)

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  On 6/15/2024 at 2:56 PM, stepansevs said:

Why Rublev? I thought that he is against war

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Tonsils, but so far only this  https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/1801975820040421583

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  On 6/14/2024 at 11:20 AM, suchyy7 said:

I thought this was interesting:

Jose Morgado's tweet states that both Osaka and Nishikori will use protected ranking to play the Olympics.

 

So the GS winner/OG champion spot would open up for maybe Raducanu or Kerber? Not sure who else could be taken into consideration.

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there are 2 Legacy quotas. Apparently it would go to Kerber and Osaka... next in line: Carol and Raducanu.

 

Carol just announced she's IN 
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8MMGNPATOC/?igsh=MW5lYXk4ZG12bnFuZA==

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  On 6/13/2024 at 8:32 PM, phelps said:

I won't bet on Sinner's participation...should he reach the final stages in Wimbledon, he might well withdraw from the Olympic tournament

 

however, our best chance to me it's Vavassori/Bolelli in the men's doubles

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He gave some declarations that he wants to go to the Olympics and win gold medal, I think he will def go, but maybe not so well-prepared. I bet his focus now is Wimbledon as well.

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  On 6/12/2024 at 6:43 PM, Makedonas said:

Also I think the wildcards for gold medalists or Grand Slam winners are weird, in what other sport do you get a wildcard into the Olympics because you used to be good 5-10 years ago? 

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hahahaha i'm trying to think about it... 

I guess they wanted to make sure all the stars are in. 

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  On 6/11/2024 at 4:19 AM, Siddhartha Talukdar said:

Sumit Nagal takes the last qualifying place in Men's Singles.

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This article very clearly states that "For Olympic tennis, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will have to confirm that they will use the quota places by June 19." so it is mere speculation.

 

Yuki Bhambri would be a better doubles pair for Bopanna, right?

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  On 6/10/2024 at 4:17 PM, avlar said:

Our federation announced for 

W. Singles: Svitolina, Yastremska, Kostyuk + request to allow Kalinina or Tsurenko to compete (they have no enough games for national team due to high level of competitivenes).

 

W. Doubles: N. Kichenok + L. Kichenok. And some pair from singles.

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Any links for that, please?

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  On 6/4/2024 at 2:31 PM, MatiReimundo said:

The loss of Ruusuvuori in this week challengers pretty much close the olympics rankings as there is no more possible changes, except  Altmaier or Marterer win the Heilbronn Challenger and gets in the last spot. The Top 56 qualified players are:

 

* Based on Monday 10/06 World Ranking, some players can withdraw or not meet the elegibility criteria.

 

 Jannik Sinner ; Lorenzo Musetti ; Matteo Arnaldi ; Luciano Darderi (Cobolli or Sonego instead of Darderi)

 Novak Djokovic ; Laslo Djere ; Miomir Kecmanovic ; Dusan Lajovic

 Carlos Alcaraz ; Rafael Nadal (PR) ; Pablo Carreño Busta (PR) ; Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

 Daniil Medvedev ; Andrey Rublev ; Karen Khachanov ; Roman Safiullin

 Alex De Minaur ; Jordan Thompson ; Alexei Popyrin ; Christopher O´Connell

 Taylor Fritz ; Tommy Paul ; Sebastian Korda ; Frances Tiafoe

 Ugo Humbert ; Gael Monfils ; Arthur Fils ; Corentin Moutet

 Sebastian Baez ; Francisco Cerundolo ; Mariano Navone ; Tomas Etcheverry

 Alexander Zverev ; Jan-Lennard Struff ; Dominik Koepfer

 Cameron Norrie ; Jack Draper ; Daniel Evans

 Alexander Bublik ; Alexander Shevchenko

 Nicolas Jarry ; Alejandro Tabilo

 Jiri Lehecka ; Tomas Machac

 Fabian Marozsan ; Marton Fucsovics

 Hubert Hurkacz

 Stefanos Tsitsipas

 Casper Ruud

 Holger Rune

 Felix Auger-Aliassime

 Tallon Griekspoor

 Nuno Borges

 Sebastian Ofner

 Thiago Seyboth Wild

 Emil Ruusuvuori

 

8 Spots Remaining:

 

2 Legacy WC (probably  Andy Murray and  Stan Wawrinka)

1 Universality Spot (most likely  Valentin Vacherot)

1 Host Nation Quota (Reallocated to  Daniel Altmaier / Maximilian Marterer or  Jakub Mensik)

African Champion  Moez Echargui

Asian Champion  Zhizhen Zhang

PanAmerican Games Silver and Bronze Medallist  Tomas Barrios Vera and  Thiago Monteiro (Gold Medallist ARG Facundo Diaz Acosta quota reallocated to Monteiro because of the max 4 per country rule)

 

 

Next in Ranking in case of withdraws:

 

(1) -  Daniel Altmaier or Maximilian Marterer (in case of making at least QF or SF in this week Heilbronn Challenger or finishing ahead Marterer)

(1)-  Jakub Mensik

2-  Zizou Bergs

3-  Taro Daniel

(4)-  Maximilian Marterer (if Altmaier dont finish ahead of him)

5-  Borna Coric

6-  Stan Wawrinka

7-  Juncheng Shang

8-  Andy Murray

9-  Botic van de Zandschulp

10-  Sumit Nagal

Next - Nishioka, Galan, Goffin, Vacherot, Garin, Shapovalov, Kovalik, Kopriva, Dzumhur

 

May use Protected Ranking:

 

 Marin Cilic (direct quota)

 Denis Shapovalov (direct quota)

 Kei Nishikori (direct quota)

 Kwon Soon-woo (below Mensik in Next in Ranking for possible reallocation)

 

Players who are qualified and either withdraw or dont meet the elegibility criteria:

 

 Grigor Dimitrov (Davis Cup criteria)

 Ben Shelton (Withdraw)

 Adrian Mannarino (Withdraw)

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Do we have any official indication that Dimitrov is out (as in the case of Mertens)? thanks!!

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  On 6/7/2024 at 12:33 AM, JoshMartini007 said:

It depends on how close they are to the max athlete quota

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I've done a calculation in which they could have 86 athletes, only having 2 or 3 doubles pairs outside the top10, but this would be very harsh

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  On 6/5/2024 at 5:32 PM, Makedonas said:

Some updates:

 Griekspoor/Haase (78)

 Erler/Miedler (78 - I'm not sure if singles or doubles rankings have priority so they might be above the Dutch?)

 Draper/Norrie (79)

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 Tsitsipas/Tsitsipas (82)

 Matos/Melo (83)

 Gonzalez/Reyes Varela (93)

 Fucsovics/Marozsan (97)

 

Meanwhile  now in danger of not having two teams, as Dodig fell out of the top 10 (ironically due to losing to the Tsitsipas brothers but it became official today now that Vavassori made SF and passed him). Cilic hasn't played since February so if he isn't back by then, the best second CRO team would be Coric/Dodig with a combined live ranking of 98...

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We also have to check how strict they will be with the singles priority...

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  On 6/6/2024 at 5:11 PM, MatiReimundo said:

yes. He got the last spot, the host nation reallocation. Anyways, as he has the last place, if Nishikori or Cilic use their PR he will be the first or second reserve. Other good news is that he ended in the spot 78, and Kwon has a PR of 80 so the korean cant pass him.

 

In the other hand, the Altmaier loss leaves Marterer as the fourth german if he manages to qualify, altmaier miss Paris.

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What if  Sumit Nagal is champion?

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Do we have already any news on possible partnerships for the Olympics?

 

Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo will play together next week, hopefully something good comes out of that.

For Spain, I have a feeling that Nadal will play with Alcaraz, perhaps only on doubles! And Zeballos could pick any doubles player.

 

Has Matthew Ebden already gave any indications on his partner? 

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  On 5/12/2024 at 5:11 PM, mrv86 said:

Well not necessarily; Zeballos is surely one of the 10 doubles players with a secure ticket, if his NOC nominates him.

 

Plus ITF and the IOC rarely respect the quotas.

 

 

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I have a feeling this year they will, specially in the men's side - to hold on their desired 50-50 quota. Probably we will see a lot of singles priorities.

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  On 3/20/2024 at 6:37 PM, thepharoah said:

we have the 1st finalist in Men's Singles :- 

 

 Moez EChargui 2 - 0  Mohamed Safwat 

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is the other semifinal being broadcasted somewhere? Cheering for Benjamin Lock, as Laura Pigossi's beau. would be great to have a Olympic couple.

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Maya Sheriff probably will end up with the quota anyway as the only semifinalist in the top400.

 

Edited March 20, 2024 by Pasolini

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  On 3/19/2024 at 2:35 PM, Pasolini said:

The 4 main seeds at the men's draw are alive. they are the only ones that could realistically use the Olympic quota.

 

Aziz Dougaz needed a 10-8 MTB win to pass  in the first round and will face Elliot Benchetri in a QF

Moez Echargui play against Eliakim Coulibaly

Benjamin Lock lost at the R32 according to the official website but he also won (?) so he will face Michel Bassem in the QF (seriously, what's so difficult on posting a pdf draw in the website?)

Mohamed Safwat #368 will face Iradukunda Guy Orly

 

On the women's side

 

WOMEN'S

Mayar Sherif is the big favorite and is on the QF.

The only other African woman on the top400, Sada Nahimana started well, winning 6-0 6-0 but then lost to a south african player. I wonder if the Universality quota will go to her or again to 

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Apparently, the 4 main seeds got to the men semifinals. 

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The 4 main seeds at the men's draw are alive. they are the only ones that could realistically use the Olympic quota.

 

Aziz Dougaz needed a 10-8 MTB win to pass  in the first round and will face Elliot Benchetri in a QF

Moez Echargui play against Eliakim Coulibaly

Benjamin Lock lost at the R32 according to the official website but he also won (?) so he will face Michel Bassem in the QF (seriously, what's so difficult on posting a pdf draw in the website?)

Mohamed Safwat #368 will face Iradukunda Guy Orly

 

On the women's side

 

WOMEN'S

Mayar Sherif is the big favorite and is on the QF.

The only other African woman on the top400, Sada Nahimana started well, winning 6-0 6-0 but then lost to a south african player. I wonder if the Universality quota will go to her or again to 

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Having said all that, it's a bit of a nightmare to follow...

 

You find things like that on the scorelines 

 

There is one Kenyan journalist and one from Zimbabwe that may help us with that specially when time comes to decide things.