Medvedev was banned from playing at Wimbledon, the world tennis village strongly protested

(Sports news, tennis news) The world’s leading tennis organizations have expressed their frustration when the organizers of Wimbledon banned Medvedev and other players from Russia and Belarus from attending.

For nearly a month now, Wimbledon has sent out a message that Daniil Medvedev and the players of Russia and Belarus may not be able to attend this tournament because Russia is creating an armed conflict with Ukraine.

Azarenka (left) and Medvedev (right) cannot attend Wimbledon 2022

By April 20, everything was confirmed, the organizers of Wimbledon, the only Grand Slam tournament on grass, would ban players in Russia and Belarus from competing. This notice is issued by the All England Club (name of the association). sport where Wimbledon takes place and is sponsored by the British Royal Family, abbreviated as AELTC), sent to the press of the land of blind bones.

This decision marks the second time players have been banned from competing because of their nationality, since shortly after World War II when German and Japanese athletes were also banned from playing.

Certainly, Russian world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and No. 8 Andrey Rublev will be banned, as will women’s world No. 4 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 18 Victoria Azarenka (Belarus).

The AELTC said it must play its part in efforts by governments, industry and sports organizations to “limit Russia’s global influence through the strongest possible measures.”

But with the Men’s Professional Tennis Association (ATP) and the Women’s Professional Tennis Association (WTA) arguing that the AELTC’s decision is “unilateral” and “unfair”, can it set a precedent? good for tennis events.

The ATP stated: “Discriminating on the basis of nationality, Wimbledon violated our agreement, Wimbledon stipulates that players compete based on ATP rankings position. The action is contrary to this decision. is difficult to accept”.

The WTA said: “Individual players should not be penalized or prevented from competing regardless of where they come from, they are not involved in the decisions of their governments. This is discriminatory and it’s not fair to the players in this situation.”

Martina Navratilova, a nine-time Wimbledon champion in women’s singles, protested, saying: “Banning players from playing this way is not a good solution, the players are not at fault. Tennis is a sport. democracy shouldn’t use politics to destroy it. I understand it wasn’t easy for the AELTC to make this decision, but I disagree with them.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the ban on tennis players was “unacceptable”. Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpischev told Sport Express: “I oppose this decision, but we can’t change anything. The Russian Tennis Federation has done all it can.”

Wimbledon 2022 will officially take place from June 27 to July 10. Last year, the world No. 2 Medvedev stopped in round 4. By not winning this tournament, he will lose 180 points.