Inside the baseline…It was already well documented that Ben Shelton was going to be skipping his debut Games, but some of the other names on the list are more surprising – especially considering how competitive it is to represent the US in any sport. However, a common theme of many of the withdrawals for this years Olympics concerns the surface change from grass-clay-hard in such a short space of time, which for players who have had previous injury concerns makes it more understandable for them to pull out.
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