Italian Olimpyc National Committee chairman Giovanni Malagò expressed his point of view on the participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players in the Italian Open 2022. He said: “As IOC president and IOC member, I deal with sports policy and not politics.In Italy, I repeat, I represent the CIO. And the Executive Board recommended all federations not to invite Russian and Belarusian athletes to tournaments and sporting events. Wimbledon, which is a private club, has followed this indication.” Malagò would have preferred to have seen the exclusion of Russian players from the Masters 1000 in Rome and has never hidden his approval of the decision taken by the or …