Olympia 2020: Kvitova carries the flag, Zverev, Djokovic, and Co. run in
Tennis players also showed their presence at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Petra Kvitova, for example, as the flag bearer of the Czech Republic.
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last edit: Jul 23, 2021, 03:25 pm
The question at the Olympic Games in the age of social media is: who is the fastest or who is the fastest? And especially at an opening ceremony, it is of course a matter of documenting the presence as soon as possible when the nations march in. In this regard, Diego Schwartzman was early on the gold medal course on Friday. The eighth seeded Argentine starts against Juan Pablo Varillas, a rewarding task.
Petra Kvitova was one of those tennis professionals who even came in on an official mission. Namely as the standard bearer for the Czech Republic. Jelena Ostapenko, 2017 French Open winner, was also allowed to carry the flag of her native Latvia into the Olympic Stadium.
The German squad at the opening ceremony wasn't bad either: Alexander Zverev (brother Mischa said when the Germans marched in as an expert at Eurosport that Sascha had never been as excited as before this one), Dominik Koepfer, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz on the side the men, Laura Siegemund and Anna-Lena Friedsam for the women. Austria is only represented in Tokyo in the double tableau of men, veteran Oliver Marach unpacked his cell phone camera before the invasion.
Gold favorite Novak Djokovic also reportedly participated in the invasion of the nations with the Serbian delegation. For the industry leader, the individual competitions begin on Saturday against Hugo Dellien from Bolivia.