Ben Shelton (14), Sebastian Korda (23) and Francis Tiafoe (28), on the men’s team and Madison Keys (12), on the women’s team, refused to play in the Olympic Games tennis tournament of Paris 2024 which will be led by Taylos Fritz, the men’s team, and by Coco Gauff, the women’s team.
The United States delegation has made official the names of the players who will compete in the competition to be played at the Roland Garros facilities in Paris.
The men’s team consists of Taylor Fritz, 12th in the world, Tommy Paul, 13th, and Christopher Eubanks44, in addition to Marcos Giron, 53 in the ATP ranking. Austin Krajicek and Rafeev Ram, for doubles, complete the lineup.
The young man was not included in the North American group Ben Shelton, 14th in the world, Sebastian Korda, 23rd, or Frances Tiafoe, number 28 of classification.
In the women’s team, Coco Gauff, number two, and Jessica Pegula, number five, led the team of five women completed by Danielle Collins, winner in Miami, Emma Navarro, seventeenth and Desirae Krawczyk, eleventh in doubles.
Gauff, Pegula, Collins and Navarro will compete in singles. Gauff and Pegula and Collins and Krawczyk will make up the doubles. Gauff, Collins, Navarro and Krawczyk will make their Olympic Games debut.
Source: La Verdad
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