Wimbledon 2022 – Wimbledon Russian Players Banned: – As reported earlier, Wimbledon has banned Russian and Belarusian from competing at Wimbledon this year. This means neither World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev or Women’s World No. 4 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus will be able to compete at tournament this year: Follow Wimbledon 2022 LIVE updates with Insidesport.IN
- Players from both countries have been allowed to compete on the tennis tour but not under their national flags.
- Wimbledon takes place from 27 June to 10 July.
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- Sabalenka reached the semi-finals of last year’s tournament and is currently No. 4 in World
- World No. 2 in Men’s category Daniil Medvedev will lose out on a chance to win his 1st
- Russian world number 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and 18th-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will also miss out.
- Russia’s Andrey Rublev is eighth in the men’s standings, with compatriot Karen Khachanov 26th.
- They will all still be able to compete at the French Open, which begins in May.
Wimbledon ban on Russian players would be ‘unacceptable’: Kremlin
he Kremlin said Wednesday that banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon over Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine would be “unacceptable.”
“Once again they simply turn athletes into hostages to political prejudice, political intrigues,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “This is unacceptable.”
“Taking into account that Russia is a very strong tennis country, our athletes are at the top of world rankings, the competition itself will suffer from their removal,” he added.
The Times reported that organisers are to ban Russian and Belarus players due to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
The move comes amid Russia’s growing sporting isolation on the global stage following President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send troops to Ukraine on February 24.
Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev denounced the decision but added there was “nothing we can do.”
“I consider this decision to be wrong,” he told Russia’s Sport-Express news site.
Earlier this month, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which organises the grasscourt Grand Slam, said it was in talks with the British government on the participation of players from Russia and Belarus.
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The organisers said it planned to announce a decision in mid-May ahead of the entry deadline for the June 27-July 10 tournament.
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The AELTC did not immediately respond to request for comment on the report.
A ban on Russian players would prevent world number two Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, ranked eighth, from competing in the men’s draw. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is 15th in the women’s rankings.
The report said it was unclear whether players from Belarus would also be banned. Belarus is a key staging area for the invasion, which Russia calls a “special operation”.
Tennis governing bodies banned Russia and Belarus from international team competitions following the invasion. Individual players are allowed to compete on tours but not under the name or flag of their countries.
British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said last month that he would not be comfortable with a “Russian athlete flying the Russian flag” and winning Wimbledon in London.
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