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Concerned about the Zika virus, Eugenie Bouchard hasn't made a final decision about whether to take part in the Rio Summer Olympics
WIMBLEDON – Genie Bouchard isn’t going to think about it now, with Wimbledon about to begin.
But before she makes a definite decision about representing Canada at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio, she is going to give it careful consideration.
“It’s not the best thing that’s happening in Brazil and for me as well. It will be my first Games and to have something like this that might stress me out before the Olympics, it’s not ideal,” the 22-year-old said Saturday after a couple of practices at the All-England Club. “I’m not concentrating on that now. It’s Wimbledon, and I’ll make a decision before the Games about whether I’ll play or not.”
Bouchard is no different from many of the female athletes, with the concerns about the Zika virus targeting them more specifically.
She’s concerned, as is her mother Julie. “I think all the women in the world are concerned,” Bouchard said. “The plan is to go, and to play, but I’ll see. I’ll get more information on what’s going on there, if it’s dangerous or not.
“I want to go. The plan is go to, but I do have a little doubt in my mind about whether I’m going,” she added.
Bouchard’s Canadian teammate Milos Raonic sympathizes with the women, especially those who want to have a family down the road.
“It’s a lot more fearful for the women because obviously the guy can pass it on to the woman but from what I understand, most of the time you can’t even recognize you have the virus, and as bad as it gets really, for a guy, is something like the ‘flu for a few days,” Raonic said. I understand there’s a lot of anxiety, fear and hopefully precautions being taken regarding this; I think I’ll proceed to do the same.”
Raonic said that the biggest fear is the unknown. “I’ve heard different numbers (about how long it stays in your system). From what I read, the government agencies, nobody is putting any definite information out on it because there isn’t enough information at this point,” he said. “Some people say it stays in your system for two months, some say for two years.”
Asked about it Saturday, Roger Federer said it was a personal decision, but he had made his.
"I have never reconsidered my decision. I know I will play. I will try everything I possibly can to be there. For me, it's always been a big deal, the Olympics. Regardless of points or not, regardless of where it was in the world, it was always going to be a priority for me in the calendar So, yeah, I mean, I'll put mosquito spray on my body, I'll do that. I'll take the precautions I have to. That's it, really," he said. "Swiss Olympic is giving me all the necessary information that I need to know going in. They'll tell me what I need to do once I get there. They'll give me the products I need to use. ... I have not been reading every article because otherwise I'd go crazy. I read some of it because it's important to be informed."
Raonic plans to play doubles with Vasek Pospisil, while Bouchard intends to play women’s doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski and mixed doubles with Pospisil.
She doesn’t really know, at this point, whether she will even get in to either draw although she did qualify for the women’s singles.
“I’ll count on Sylvain (Fed Cup captain Sylvain Bruneau) to tell me the rules, since it’s my first Olympics,” Bouchard said.
The mixed doubles draw is only 16 teams, so it could be tight. It’s too soon to tell whether Bouchard and Pospisil will make the cut; the deadline isn’t until Aug. 9 at 11 a.m., when the event will already be under way on site, and participants must already be there taking part in the singles or doubles.
When you have potential combinations like Roger Federer and Martina Hingis, Stan Wawrinka and Belinda Bencic, Garbiñe Muguruza and Rafael Nadal – all of whom have singles or doubles rankings in the top 10 – the spots fill up pretty quickly.
Only 12 spots are filled directly by ranking; Bouchard’s number would be No. 46, while Pospisil’s doubles ranking (higher than his singles ranking) of No. 20 would be used.
The magic number for Bouchard and Dabrowski in the women’s doubles will be their rankings as of the cut-off date, June 6. That is No. 46 for Bouchard (her singles ranking) and No. 53 for Dabrowski (her doubles ranking). But only the first 24 slots in a 32-team draw are guaranteed via ranking, with the other qualifying places determined by the ITF according to such things as “regional representation”.
All of that, of course, is moot if she doesn’t go.
