American teen tennis star, Coco Gauff will miss Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she announced on Sunday.
Gauff, coming off a run to the fourth round at Wimbledon, tweeted her sadness at missing out on “a dream come true” at age 17.
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She tweeted;
I am so disappointed to share the news that I have tested positive for COVID and won’t be able to play in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
It has always been a dream of mine to represent the USA at the Olympics and I hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future.
Gauff, who reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at this year’s French Open, became the latest tennis standout and US athlete to miss the Olympics.
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World number 25 Gauff will be forced into COVID-19 quarantine and isolation protocols.
She added;
I want to wish TEAM USA best of luck and a safe games for every Olympian and the entire Olympic family.
🙏🏾❤️🤍💙 pic.twitter.com/lT0LoEV3eO
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) July 18, 2021
Gauff won her second WTA singles title in May at Parma. She captured her first in 2019 at Linz.
Olympics tennis event in Tokyo is missing a host of big names with major winners Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Bianca Andreescu all absent.
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However, world number ones Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty both intend to play.
