Wimbledon ban Russian and Belarusian players over Ukraine invasion

All-England Club issue unusually punchy statementWorld No 2 Medvedev and former No 1 Azarenka out in cold

Russian and Belarusian players have been banned from Wimbledon and all other grass-court events in Britain this summer in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.

In an unusually punchy statement, the All-England Club said it had taken its decision because “in the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players with the Championships.”

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