The U.S. Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, which prompted Wimbledon to ban those athletes. U.S.
Tennis Association CEO and Executive Director Lew Sherr, whose group runs the U.S. Open, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that the USTA Board decided to let Russians and Belarusians enter the tournament because of “concern about holding the individual athletes accountable for the actions and decisions of their governments.”
The All England Club, where main-draw play for Wimbledon starts on June 27, announced in April it would bar all Russians and Belarusians from its fields - which means current men's No. 1, Russia's Daniil Medvedev, is not eligible to participate. Medvedev is the defending champion at the U.S. Open. The ATP has said all points earned at Wimbledon in 2021 will fall off a player's record and no new points will be earned there this year. The WTA has not decided exactly how last year's rankings points from the All England Club will be treated, but no new points can be added based on how a player performs there this time.
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