Andy Murray quits, Jed Jones is out, Adam Petty advances to the final
Both Andy Murray and Jade Jones’ gold medal defenses ended on the second day of the British bleak Tokyo Olympics.
However, Andy Murray dropped out of his tennis singles champion defending a few hours before he was ready to face Felix Ogg Alisim, thus dropping a blockbuster.
The two-time gold medalist confirmed that his medical team advised him not to play singles and doubles at the same time.
Therefore, Murray will continue to participate in doubles matches with Joe Salisbury.
Meanwhile, Jones was defeated by Kimia Alizadeh of the refugee team in the first obstacle.
Barty’s singles defeat came 15 days after she won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title. She struggled with a whopping 55 unforced errors to Sorribes Tormo’s 13 and got in only 54% of her first serves compared to her opponent’s 83%. Murray pulled out shortly ahead of his scheduled opener against ninth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada on Centre Court.
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Australia s big hope Ashleigh Barty lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo on Sunday. “I am really disappointed at having to withdraw but the medical staff have advised me against playing in both events, so I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the singles and focus on playing doubles with Joe,” Murray said.
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El campeón olímpico en Londres 2012 y Río 2016, renunció a defender su reinado en los recientes Juegos Olímpicos
Tokio.- El británico Andy Murray, campeón olímpico en Londres 2012 y Rio 2016,
renunció a defender su corona en el torneo individual de los Juegos de Tokio 2020 para centrar sus esfuerzos en el de dobles masculinos, anunció el Comité Olímpico Británico en un comunicado este sábado.
“ Estoy muy decepcionado por tener que renunciar, pero el cuerpo médico me desaconsejó participar en los dos torneos. He tomado por lo tanto la difícil decisión de retirarme del cuadro individual y centrarme en el doble junto a Joe Salisbury”, explicó Murray, que a sus 34 años es 104º de la clasificación ATP y