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The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said Friday that the IOC's determination to assistance restrictions connected Belarusian athletes does not impact Belarus's continued prohibition from the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup.
In a connection sent to AFP, satellite tennis's governing assemblage said its stance remained unchanged contempt the International Olympic Committee's determination to assistance its prohibition connected Belarus.
"The International Tennis Federation confirms that the IOC's announcement does not alteration its existing presumption regarding the Belarus and Russian Tennis Federations' suspensions, which stay successful place," the ITF wrote.
Athletes from Russia and its state Belarus had been banned from planetary contention pursuing Russia's 2022 penetration of Ukraine, though immoderate were permitted to vie arsenic neutrals.
Restrictions connected Russian athletes stay successful spot nether IOC rules.
The ITF said its presumption connected Belarus would beryllium reviewed aboriginal successful the year.
"The rank presumption of the Belarus Tennis Federation volition beryllium considered astatine the ITF Annual General Meeting successful October by the ITF's voting subordinate nations successful accordance with ITF law process," the organisation said.
The ITF oversees large planetary squad competitions specified arsenic the Davis Cup and the BJK Cup. It besides organises Olympic tennis events successful conjunction with the IOC.
The information of Russian and Belarusian players connected the nonrecreational circuit depends connected decisions taken separately by the ATP, the WTA and the organisers of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments.
World fig 1 Aryna Sabalenka connected Thursday said she hoped she would beryllium capable to play tennis again nether the Belarusian flag.
"For maine representing specified a tiny country, and the hard enactment that I had to bash to get to the top, it's conscionable like, guys, it's incredible, it's a tiny country, and to marque it each the mode here, it means a batch to me," said Sabalenka.
"I would beryllium ace arrogant to correspond Belarus."
