Hi all! This thread is the thread for covering Racket Sports at the Olympics this year. This includes the following sports: Badminton, Table Tennis, Tennis. Feel free to discuss all the ins and outs of the sports, any predictions you may have, support for the athletes and anything else you notice as we kick off on Saturday!

Britain's two-time defending champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics with a minor thigh strain.

 

 

The Scot, who won his opening men's double match with Joe Salisbury on Saturday, had been due to face Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime on day two.

 

The 34-year-old will still compete in the doubles but was advised not to compete in both events in Japan.

 

Great to see Japan upsetting China in the Table Tennis mixed doubles - apparently the pair don't even usually train together!

Novak Djokovic didn't seem to be a happy bunny in today's match:

 

Have to wonder what happened to Djokovic - he seemed to be totally breezing through this tournament until the second set in the semi-finals and then he just completely fell apart? Oops