US Open will allow Russian and Belarusian players after Wimbledon ban

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The US 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.

US Tennis Association CEO and executive director Lew Sherr, whose group runs the US 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".