Raonic, Bouchard top Canada's Olympic tennis entries

Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski were named to Canada's Olympic tennis team on Thursday.

Raonic and Posipsil will take part in the men's singles competition in Rio and will team up for doubles. Bouchard will also play singles and partner up with Dabrowski in doubles.

Bouchard, Pospisil and Raonic all qualified for the singles competitions based on their ATP World Tour and WTA rankings as of June 6.

"I'm looking forward to the Olympics this summer in Rio," Bouchard said in a statement provided by Tennis Canada. "This will be my first Olympic Games so it will be very special for me."

Canada was also awarded one additional doubles entry by the International Tennis Federation, which granted a final qualification place to Bouchard and Dabrowski in the women's doubles competition. Dabrowski has become a doubles specialist on the professional circuit in recent years with a world ranking of No. 44.

This will be the second Olympics for both Pospisil and Raonic, who competed at London 2012, and the first for Bouchard and Dabrowski.

"I'm extremely excited to participate in my second Olympic Games in Rio this summer as part of Team Canada," said Pospisil. "It is an honour to represent my country and I take great pride in doing so whenever I get the opportunity. I will continue to work hard on my game and prepare every way possible to be ready for the challenge of competing for a medal."

Canada's only Olympic tennis medal came in 2000 in Sydney, where Daniel Nestor and Sebastien Lareau won gold.

Wozniacki lands spot; Nadal uncertain

Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won her appeal Thursday for a spot in the women's tournament, while 14-time major champion Rafael Nadal's status is still up in the air.

Nadal's participation is contingent on either making himself available for Spain's Davis Cup matches in July or an ITF Olympic Committee appeal.

Wozniacki already has been picked as Denmark's flag-bearer for the Summer Games, but needed to appeal for a berth in the event, saying injuries prevented her from meeting the Fed Cup requirements.

She tweeted a photo of herself wearing a red top and standing on a red clay court, racket in hand, and wrote: "It's been a long wait BUT I am officially going to Rio!! ... rocking the Danish colors on court!!"

Wozniacki was ranked No. 1 for 67 weeks in 2010 and 2011, and she was the runner-up at the 2009 and 2014 U.S. Opens. She's had a rough season, though, including a first-round loss at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

Other notables

The top three men's players in the world — No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 2012 gold medalist Andy Murray of Britain, and 2012 silver medalist Roger Federer of Switzerland — are all in the field for Rio, where the tennis competition begins on Aug. 6, the day after the opening ceremony. There are 64-player fields in singles, with a maximum of four per gender per country, and 32-team fields in doubles.

The tournament will be played on hard courts. The draws are Aug. 4.

Djokovic won the Australian Open in January, and the French Open in June, and so far is into the third round at Wimbledon. Should he wind up winning the title at the All England Club, he could head to Brazil with his bid intact to become the first man in history to complete a Golden Slam: collecting all four major championships plus a singles gold medal in the same year.

As expected, the U.S. tennis team is led by past gold medalists Serena and Venus Williams, who will both play singles and team up in doubles.