Two tennis greats say Wimbledon acted unfairly by banning Russian players
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The prominent players affected by the ban include reigning U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev and French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Two tennis greats say Wimbledon acted unfairly by banning Russian players
The Wimbledon ban covers all players under the Russian and Belarusian flags, including those who have denounced the military action in Ukraine. Is such a ban the fair and right thing to do?
Wimbledon was left with "no viable alternative" to banning Russian and Belarusian players from this year's Championships, tournament chiefs at the All England Club said on Tuesday.
Two All England Club officials defended during a news conference Tuesday the “intensely tough and agonizing decision” to bar players from Russia and Belarus from Wimbledon this year because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players from this year's Championships to avoid "being used to benefit the propaganda machine of the Russian regime", tournament chiefs said on Tuesday.
Rafael Nadal deemed Wimbledon's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from taking part in the Championships as "unfair", the Spanish tennis legend told reporters in Madrid on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic criticized Wimbledon’s decision to exclude Russian and Belarus players from this year’s tournament following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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