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Sela seals place at Rio 2016 Olympics

June 7, 2016 10:26

BySimon Griver, Simon Griver

1 min read

Dudi Sela has qualified for the Men's tennis tournament at the Olympics for the first time in his career.

Despite dropping six places to 68 in this week's world rankings, which determine Olympic qualification, the 31-year-old Israeli has made the cut for Rio, but only just.

The world's top 56 players qualify but with country's restricted to a maximum of four players, Sela's Olympic ranking was boosted to 54.

Sela and cyclist Shani Bloch, who has also qualified for the Olympics, bring Israel's squad to a record 45, beating the 43 representatives in Beijing in 2008.