As the number of new COVID-19 cases is rising rapidly, and hospital beds began to fill up 11 days before the Olympics, the state of emergency took effect in Tokyo on Monday.

The state of emergency will cover the entire period from July 23 to August. 8 games, which means that fans will be banned from participating in the game.

Andrescu ranked 5th in the WTA Tour. She said it was a “difficult decision” and she dreamed of representing Canada in the Olympics since she was a child.

She is the second well-known Canadian tennis player to opt out of the Summer Olympics after Denis Shapovalov, the top Canadian male tennis player who made the same decision last month.

Watch | Bianca Andreescu lost in the first round of Wimbledon:

For the second time in two weeks, French player Aliz Kone defeated Bianca Andrescu 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of Wimbledon for the second time. 6:32