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FILE - Andy Murray, of England, smiles as he holds up his gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, file photo. Murray's been through two hip operations and assorted other injuries since he became the first tennis player with multiple Olympic singles golds by winning in 2012 and 2016. His ranking outside the Top 100, but past success — including three Grand Slam trophies — earned him a special spot in the Tokyo field for Britain. “I just hope,” he said, “the body holds up.”(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Naomi Osaka's return to action highlights Olympic tennis

By Howard Fendrich Jul. 05, 2021 10:43 AM EDT

Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a return to South Africa's Kevin Anderson during the men's singles second round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Djokovic, Federer, Osaka, Barty on Tokyo Olympic entry lists

By Howard Fendrich Jul. 01, 2021 09:15 AM EDT

FILE- In this Tuesday June 4, 2019, image, Switzerland's Roger Federer plays a shot against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. The skill of sliding at Roland Garros is on hold at the moment with the start of the French Open postponed until September because of the coronavirus, but sliding will still be one of the keys to success at the French Open whenever it is played. Federer returned to clay-court tennis in 2019, a decade after his French Open title with his confidence low, he explained, “because I don’t even remember how to slide anymore.” (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Don't be a 'cow on ice': Sliding key to French Open success

By Andrew Dampf And Howard Fendrich Jun. 02, 2020 10:35 AM EDT