All eight Russian tennis players entered in the Olympic tournament were cleared to play, they said. Richard Ings, former head of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, praised tennis for the transparency with which it explained the reinstatement of Russian players. had wanted to give tennis players an immediate answer to scheduling uncertainty. Russian tennis was dealt a blow by the I.T.F. He has not publicly revealed any evidence that implicated tennis players, though his report did say that the program had involved sports in the Winter and Summer Olympics.

Source: International New York Times July 29, 2016 00:25 UTC