Paszek makes the cut

LONDON: Austria’s Tamira Paszek, who made the Wimbledon quarter-finals, was given the go-ahead to play in the Olympics after winning an appeal to the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ITF had originally blocked the world number 37’s entry, claiming she had not fulfilled the eligibility rule which requires players to make themselves available for a set number of their country’s Fed Cup ties. But the ITF board of directors have now dropped their objections and Paszek will be allowed to compete in the Olympic tennis event, which is being held at Wimbledon later this month.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 8^th, 2012.