The Malique Olympic Medal Kerber has become the latest big name to be pulled out of July 23-August.
8 Tokyo matches, with a German saying on Thursday that the last few weeks on the tour had taken their victims on their bodies.
Kerber, a grand slam winner three times, won a silver medal at a woman’s single event in the Rio 2016 game.
The 33-year-old has a busy fall, after participating in three tournaments in the last month who won at Bad Homburg and reached the semi-final at Wimbledon , “Representing Germany in London 2012 and Rio 2016 as part of the German team has always been one of my favorite memories about my career so far,” Kerber said in a statement.
“This makes it more disappointing for me to accept the fact that my body needs to rest after intense a few weeks located behind me and that I have to recover first before returning to the competition this summer this summer.” Thank you for your support, as this has been a very difficult decision for me.
Good luck from all my German athletes in Tokyo, I will miss you.
“A number of big names in tennis will be lost at the Olympics, including Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu.
The top seed of England and Evans and Johanna CONTA will lose after positive testing for Covid-19.