The ITF Board of Directors voted to uphold Tennis Austria's appeal against the decision of the ITF Olympic Committee that Tamira Paszek was not eligible for the Olympics because she had not fulfilled the Fed Cup component of the Olympic Eligibility Rule.
In its appeal, Tennis Austria provided additional documentation to the ITF Board that was not available at the time of the ITF Olympic Committee meeting that confirmed Paszek had made herself available in 2010 but had not been selected. The documentation included affidavits from the Austrian Fed Cup captain Jurgan Waber and additional information about Paszek’s back injury during the second half of 2009.
Therefore, the board determined that Paszek had met the requirements. Wimbledon quarterfinalist Paszek replaces Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, who has decided not to play the Olympics.