The Olympic Tennis Games draws were made on Thursday, a few days before the start of the competition.
Novak Djokovic, the all-time favorite for gold at the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament, and the highly anticipated Naomi Osaka in the women’s competition were spared the draw on Thursday.
The Serbian, world number 1, begins his tournament against the Bolivian Hugo Dellien, 139th world. On his way he was then able to find the German Jan-Lenard Struff before falling on a seed in the third round in the person of the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich (ATP 35). Unless the young Italian Lorenzo Musetti, who had seriously disturbed him for two sentences before he gave up 8th place at Roland Garros, provokes surprise.
His first big client could reach the quarter-finals, where he is sure could meet Russian Andrey Rublev, the 7th in the world. This part of the table also includes the French Gaël Monfils (ATP 18), who will face the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (ATP 66), the youngest 8th finalist at Wimbledon and the striker of Roger Federer in Halle, for his entry into the race. . or the Japanese Kei Nishikori (ATP 69), bronze medalist in Rio.
In the semi-final, Djokovic could face the 5th world, the German Alexander Zverev, before a possible final against his world number two, the Russian Daniil Medvedev or against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 4), he fought in the final at Roland-Garros in mid-June.
There is no Belgian in the men’s race, David Goffin retired.
For Women too, the Japanese Naomi Osaka, number 2 in the world rankings, particularly awaited in her country, will start the competition quite easily. In the first round, she will meet the Chinese Zheng Saisai, 52nd in the world, before possibly meeting the Dutch Kiki Bertens (21st).
In the quarter-finals, Osaka, mentally ill since his resignation from Roland-Garros, could be in the quarter-finals Leiden was absent from the places, the Pole Iga Swiatek (8th), winner of Roland-Garros 2020, before a possible half-time against Karolina Pliskova, finalist of Wimbledon, finds the year. Alison Van Uyvtanck (WTA 62) meets Serbian Ivana Jorovic (WTA 309).
Also in the other part of the table, the world number 1, Australia, Ashleigh Barty, against the world 48, the Spaniard Sara Sorribes, start quietly. On her way, the winner of the last Wimbledon could then find the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (WTA 18), then Barbora Krejcikova (WTA 11), victorious at Roland Garros. To reach the final, she may have to beat Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (WTA 3) or Spain’s Garbine Muguruza (WTA 9). In this second half of the table, Elise Mertens (N.12) inherited it as a new addition from Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (WTA 34).
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