Zika no worry for Zverev
By Agence France Presse In Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-20 07:50
Australian top seed Samantha Stosur, defending Washington Open champion Sloane Stephens and German teen sensation Alexander Zverev are setting aside Zika virus fears to compete at the Rio Olympics.
But Sam Querrey, who upset world No 1 Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, isn't going to Brazil because it just isn't that big a deal to him.
Differing views over the mosquito-borne Zika virus and the rash of recent tennis withdrawals from Rio came out Monday on the opening day of the ATP and WTA event, the first hardcourt stop on the path to the US Open.
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