Jannik Sinner will not participate in the Paris Olympics .

The Italian, world number 1 in tennis, withdrew from the Olympic tournament due to tonsillitis .

The South Tyrolean had postponed his departure for Paris until tomorrow due to a flu, he has not recovered and therefore will not participate in the Olympics, in which he was credited with the number 1 seed in both singles and doubles (along with Lorenzo Musetti ) .

The tennis player's staff summarized the situation in a statement: «After a week of preparation in Munich, Jannik began to feel symptoms of the disease on Monday evening. After consulting his team of doctors the next day, he was strongly advised to withdraw from the Olympic Games due to the diagnosis of tonsillitis ."

«I am extremely sad and disappointed », Jannik's words. «Competing in the Olympic Games has been one of my main goals for this season. I was really looking forward to returning to Roland Garros and playing for my country in this prestigious event. However, after seeing my doctors on Tuesday and waiting an extra day to give me a little more time to see if my condition would improve, things unfortunately got worse. This is shocking for me and I hope to be able to compete in the Olympics in the future. Now I will take some time to rest and recover to full health. I wish the whole Italy team the best for this event ."

(Unioneonline)

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