On April 21, Beijing time, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon) announced that Russian and White Russian players are banned from participating, and players such as Medvedev and Sabalenka will not be able to participate in this tournament. To this end, ATP officials said that this is unfair and has the potential to set a destructive precedent for the sport of tennis, and infighting in the tennis world has arrived!
The suspension is in effect, which means that Medvedev, the top star of today's tennis and no. 2 in the world, will bid farewell to Wimbledon, and the ATP player who also bid farewell to the attrition is the world No. 8 Rublev, as well as the 26th Kachanov, the 30th Karatsev, and the 44th Ivanshka. The farewell WTA players are also heavy, the world's 4th Sabalenka, the 15th Pavlyutchenkova, the 18th Azarenka, the 26th Sarkina, the 29th Kudmetova, the 31st Samsonova, the 39th Alexandrova, the 50th Sasnovic will all say goodbye...
Don't forget, there are many Grand Slam winners among them. For example, Medvedev is the US Open champion, Azarenka is the Australian Open champion, or the former world number one. They were banned en masse, a tennis earthquake.
To this end, the ATP's response is also quite domineering, emphasizing that players should be participated in ATP events in their personal capacity. In other words, the tennis world began to infighting. Everyone has their own ideas and cannot reach unity. Now, the stars can't participate in Wimbledon, while other tournaments are also waiting, if more events learn Wimbledon, it will be a devastating blow for Medvedev and others.
Therefore, atP's voice this time is also a timely stop loss, proving that the industry still supports these players. So, the internal wrestling continues.