Stan Wawrinka will compete in the tennis singles event at the Olympic Games.
The Swiss will receive one of two wildcards reserved for former Grand Slam and Olympic champions. The Swiss Olympic Committee announced this on Thursday.
Wawrinka, ranked 98th in the world, missed out on direct qualification from a sporting perspective. The 39-year-old is returning to the Olympic stage twelve years after London 2012.
Murray favourite for second wildcard
In 2008, he won the gold medal in doubles with Roger Federer, but was unable to compete in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo due to injury. The first candidate for the second wildcard is two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray. The 37-year-old won gold in singles in London in 2012 and four years later in Rio. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation training after an operation on his back.
It is still extremely doubtful whether he will be able to play in Wimbledon next week. “I will wait until the last minute to see if I can play.” It is currently more likely that he will not be seen at the grass court classic, at least in the singles. He had planned to compete in the doubles with his brother Jamie. The Olympic tennis tournament starts on July 27th.
If Murray is not fit to play, Austria’s former US Open winner Dominic Thiem could possibly benefit in his final year of his career.
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