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Two-time reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka has said she will not compete at the Paris Olympics due to a full calendar over which she criticised the WTA Tour. “It is simply bad planning from the WTA. After the Olympics we have to fly straight to Canada for a mandatory event. That is too much pressure and affects the health,” Sabalenka said. “Unfortunately I have to sacrifice one tournament and at this stage of my career it is the Olympic Games.” World number two Sabalenka of Belarus was speaking ahead of her start into the grass court season this week in Berlin. “It is simply to…

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