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Tennis Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024


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Elise Mertens confirmed two weeks ago she won't compete in the Olympics in this interview: https://www.rtl.be/sport/tous-les-sports/tennis/elise-mertens-pense-aux-jeux-mais-ceux-de-los-angeles-si-je-joue-encore-oui/2024-05-25/article/672566

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48 minutes ago, evil betty said:

Why is it Wozniacki not Kerber for the legacy spot?

I assume that Kerber will use her protected ranking, so she is qualified anyway.

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7 hours ago, hckošice said:

Yeah, I knew it.

 

But I start to be used. Triathlon 3 athletes and all first under the line, MTB Sagan failed second time in a row, Artistic Gymnastics, Canoe Sprint both we will miss for the first time since independence and now we can add Tennis to that as well, Slovaks played at every Olympics since the entrance of Tennis at the Olympics in 1988, obviously it had to stop one day... it is just statistical Mathematical necessity..

 

Oh well, in LA we will be back with current junior Renáta Jamrichová, I am not worried about

 

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Well this doesn't take into account the players using protected rankings, but also :BEL Mertens will not play and probably not :ROU Cirstea either. Also probably some girls will get injured between now and Paris and withdraw.

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4 hours ago, Kerkun said:

It's strange because she actually had a decent shot at a medal in mixed doubles (all of the 16 teams will have chances). It's crazy to me that athletes are able to qualify for the Olympics and choose not to go, but clearly not everyone has the same priorities. I guess that's why I'm here on a website about the Olympics and people like Elise Mertens are not :lol:

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21 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

It's strange because she actually had a decent shot at a medal in mixed doubles (all of the 16 teams will have chances). It's crazy to me that athletes are able to qualify for the Olympics and choose not to go, but clearly not everyone has the same priorities. I guess that's why I'm here on a website about the Olympics and people like Elise Mertens are not :lol:

For tennis players, there isn't much of an upside in competing at the Olympics. No prize money, no ranking points, not a prestigious title and you risk injury. Representing your nation is pretty much all it has going for it, though to be fair that alone is quite the draw.

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6 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

For tennis players, there isn't much of an upside in competing at the Olympics. No prize money, no ranking points, not a prestigious title and you risk injury. Representing your nation is pretty much all it has going for it, though to be fair that alone is quite the draw.

Yes but for someone like her being one of the best doubles players in the world, she would have some chances for a medal!

 

Also it's Mertens, she plays (or at least used to) like every week in every tournament possible anyways :p

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8 hours ago, evil betty said:

This story came out todayhttps://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympics-indian-tennis-ranking-quotas-sumit-nagal-rohan-bopanna which for Nagal  does not make much sense to me.

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

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