The IOC has updated the list of Russian and Belarusian tennis players who have accepted the invitation to participate in the Paris Games: Rublev will not be there
Russian Daniil Medvedev, world number 5, has accepted an invitation to the Paris 24 tennis tournament as an independent player. The IOC has updated the list of Russian and Belarusian athletes who will participate in the Olympic Games under the neutral flag due to the war in Ukraine.
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka have also announced that they will play on the Roland Garros courts. Russian Andrey Rublev, on the other hand, has withdrawn: the world number 6 and winner of the gold medal in doubles at Tokyo 2020 has declined the invitation. Russians Daria Kasatkina and Anna Kalinskaya, the latter being Jannik Sinner’s girlfriend, have also withdrawn.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka had already announced her withdrawal in mid-June. The available places, provided that they participate under the neutral flagthere are eight (four men and four women) for Russian athletes, and two for Belarusians (or men and two women).
This is the complete list of qualified and invited Russians:
Daniil Medvedev (U) – invitation accepted
Andrey Rublev (U) – invitation declined
Karen Kachanov (U) – invito declinato
Roman Safiullin (U) – invitation accepted
Daria Kasatkina (D) – invitation declined
Liudmila Samsonova (D) – invitation declined
Ekaterina Aleksandrova (D) – invitation accepted
Mirra Andreeva (D) – invitation accepted
Pavel Kotov (U) – invitation accepted
Anna Kalinskaia (D) – invitation declined
Anastasia Potapova (D) –
Diana Shnaider (D) – invitation accepted
Qualified and invited Belarusians:
Aryna Sabalenka (D) – invitation declined (unofficially)
Victoria Azarenka (D) – invitation accepted
