Women's Tennis Blog · Jun 27, 2021
Serena Williams won’t play Tokyo Olympics
Serena Williams has decided not to travel to the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo.The four-time Olympic gold medalist made the announcement at a pre-Wimbledon press conference on Sunday:
There’s a lot of reasons that I made my Olympic decision. I don’t feel like going into them today. Maybe another day. Sorry.
We can’t say that this is a surprise. Back in May Serena stated that she was still undecided over the Olympics because of the complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that Grand Slams were making her schedule busy enough. Moreover, the fact that the Olympic rules restricted her from bringing her daughter Olympic to Tokyo absolutely discouraged her.