FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP 500 - Queen's Club Championships - Queen's Club, London, Britain - June 17, 2021 Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates winning his second round match against Spain's Feliciano Lopez Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
(Reuters) - Canada's Denis Shapovalov has decided not to compete at the Tokyo Olympics due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the world number 12 said on Monday.
The 22-year-old Shapovalov is the latest player to opt out of the Olympics as Spaniard Rafa Nadal and Austria's Dominic Thiem both announced last week they would not compete in the July 24-Aug. 1 men's tennis tournament in Tokyo.
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