Tennis federation head: ‘An awful lot of work’ needed in Rio (Yahoo Sports)

The head of the International Tennis Federation said Sunday that there is ”still an awful lot of work that needs to go on” to have his sport’s venue ready for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August. The tennis competition is scheduled to begin on the morning of Aug. 6, the day after the opening of the Summer Games. In January, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor rescinded the contract for the tennis center, which is located in the Olympic Park, because the project was moving too slowly.