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Wimbledon organisers have confirmed that all players from Russia and Belarus will be banned from this year’s championships.
The likes of the world No 2 Daniil Medvedev and the two-times grand-slam champion Victoria Azarenka will not be permitted to appear at the All England Club this summer because of the invasion of Ukraine by military forces from the two aforementioned countries.
Wimbledon is the first tennis tournament to suspend Russians and Belarusians. As it stands, they are permitted to play on the ATP and WTA tours as neutral athletes, and have been allowed to put their names on the entry list for next month’s French Open.
A decision was reached this week after close to two months of discussions between the All England Club and
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