Saturday, August 9, 2008

Davenport, Karlovic and Ljubicic withdraw from Tennis Singles

The following changes have been made to the Men's and Women's Singles draws at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tennis tournament.

No. 14 seed Ivo Karlovic of Croatia has withdrawn from Men's Singles due to injury and is replaced by China's Yu Xinyuan. Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic, originally drawn to play Karlovic, becomes No. 17 seed and faces Yu in the first round.

Ivan Ljubicic, also of Croatia, has also withdrawn from Men's Singles due to injury and is replaced by Devon Mullings of the Bahamas. Mullings will now take on Argentina's Agustin Calleri in the first round.

In Women's Singles, Atlanta 1996 champion Lindsay Davenport of the United States has withdrawn due to injury and is replaced by Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. The Spanish player will now play Australian Alicia Molik in the first round.

The first round of the Men's and Women's Singles Tennis event will take place on Sunday, August 10 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, and will run until August 17.

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