Roger Federer and Johanna Konta withdraw from Olympics

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and British number one Johanna Konta have both pulled out of this month's Tokyo Olympics.

Federer who is now 39-years-old has suffered a setback with an existing knee injury.

Konta who is 30-years-old has contracted Covid after withdrawing from Wimbledon when a member of her team tested positive and she was identified as a close contact.

The Swiss legend won doubles gold at Beijing 2008 and silver in 2012, losing the singles final to Andy Murray.

Federer, now ranked number nine in the world, had two knee surgeries in 2020.

In the last two years, he has seen his Grand Slam tally equalled by Spain's Rafael Nadal at the 2020 French Open and most recently by Serbia's Novak Djokovic - who won a 20th major at Wimbledon 2021.

Konta pulled out of Wimbledon before it started as she was forced to withdraw and isolate when a member of her team tested positive for Covid.

She says she then developed symptoms and has now tested positive, adding that she has been unable to train for the past two and a half weeks and felt she would not be ready to compete in Tokyo.

Dan Evans, Andy Murray and the Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Neal Skupski complete the GB team for the tennis, which starts on 24 July.

[Source: BBC]