Wimbledon officials are set to announce they will bar Russian and Belarusian players from playing in this year’s tournament because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’ support of the war.
The ban, which would make Wimbledon the first tennis event to restrict individual Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing, was confirmed by a highly placed international tennis official on Tuesday night who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on behalf of the All England Club, which organises and hosts the tournament.
Wimbledon, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, is scheduled to begin in late June. The decision would exclude a num …
- April 20, 2022
