Russian and Belarusian tennis players allowed to compete as neutral athletes at Wimbledon this year after ban is lifted
Russian men's world number six Daniil Medvedev and Belarusian women's world number two Aryna Sabalenka are the highest-ranked players from the two nations
"We continue to condemn totally Russia's illegal invasion and our wholehearted support remains with the people of Ukraine," said AELTC chairman Ian Hewitt. Not receiving funding from Russian and/or Belarusian states, including sponsorship from companies operated or controlled by them The AELTC and LTA said they stand by last year's decision but say without the change this year that Queen's, Eastbourne and other British grass-court tournaments would have been cancelled, causing a damaging impact on British tennis fans and organisations financially.
Last month, Ukraine's highest-profile player Elina Svitolina told BBC Sport that Russian and Belarusian athletes must remain excluded from Wimbledon while "innocent Ukrainians are still being killed". The LTA was fined $750,000 by the Women's Tennis Association and $1m by the Association of Tennis Professionals for excluding the players from the tour events they operate in 2022."There is no doubt the affect of the LTA losing membership to the tours would have been very damaging and far reaching," LTA chief Scott Lloyd said.
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