The U.S. Open won’t observe Wimbledon by barring Russian and Belarusian gamers from this yr’s tennis match.
The United States Tennis Association, which owns and operates the U.S. Open, introduced the choice on Tuesday. The transfer leaves Wimbledon as the one Grand Slam match to bar Russians and Belarusians within the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.
Wimbledon’s ban, made partly in response to stress for motion from the British authorities, has acquired sturdy assist from the British public, as demonstrated in opinion polls. But the ban has met with disapproval from the lads’s and ladies’s tennis excursions, which have responded by stripping Wimbledon of rating factors this yr regardless of appreciable debate and dissent amongst gamers.
“We acknowledge that every group has had to take care of distinctive circumstances that have an effect on their selections,” the U.S.T.A. mentioned in an announcement. “Based on our personal circumstances, the U.S.T.A. will permit all eligible gamers, no matter nationality, to compete on the 2022 U.S. Open.”
Russian and Belarusian gamers will compete within the U.S. Open, which is able to start Aug. 29, underneath a impartial flag, simply as they’ve been competing on tour and on the not too long ago concluded French Open.
Daniil Medvedev of Russia gained the U.S. Open males’s singles title final yr.
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