Tennis stars unwilling to play in the...

Tennis stars unwilling to play in the Olympics are selfishly insulting the Games and fail to understand the importance of opening the Olympics to professionals, the head of the International Tennis Federation says.

John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova and Mats Wilander are among those who have expressed misgivings about playing Olympic tennis next year. They cited reasons ranging from a desire to make the Olympic tournament an amateur-only event to an unwillingness to stay in the Spartan athletes’ village for a month.