The US Open will accept Russian and Belarusian players to compete in its next edition, despite international sanctions on athletes from both countries due to the invasion of Ukraine.
In this way, the tennis players currently banned from Wimbledon will have their chance at the last Grand Slam of the year, which will take place in New York between August 29 and September 11. The representatives of both countries will compete under a neutral flag. The information confirmed AP, through their social networks.
Daniil Medvedev, current number one in the ATP ranking, will then be able to defend his only Grand Slam titleobtained at Flushing Meadows in 2021.
BREAKING: The U.S. Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Those players are currently banned from Wimbledon, one of the other Grand Slam tournaments.
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Russia is the current champion of the two tennis tournaments played by nations, the Davis Cup (for men) and the Billy Jean Cup (for women), and has been expelled from both due to its military incursion into Ukrainian territory, which began in February this year.
