"Being an indoor, team, contact sport we were heavily impacted by the effects of COVID and our national team has lost precious training and playing time in the build-up to next year's Commonwealth Games. However, Sherrock performed magnificently, averaging over 100 for large periods, and it took a superb performance from the world No 2 to progress. Roger Federer is unlikely to play in next year's Australian Open but is still determined to make a return to tournament tennis at some stage, according to his coach Ivan Ljubicic. In a statement, the IOC said that at the start of the 30-minute call with its president Thomas Bach, Peng had thanked the IOC for its concern about her well-being.