London, May 20, 2022 – TheAtp decided to use the hard punch against the tournament of Wimbledon. Lo Slam most prestigious and famous in the world of tennis decided, weeks ago, to exclude a priori Russian and Belarusian athletes, due to the socio-political events that have been involving the Russian Federation for months in Ukraine. The war unleashed by Vladimir Putin prompted the tournament organizers to refuse the participation of tennis players from the Russia and from the ally Belarus. A decision that the ATP did not go down and that will lead to drastic choices: Wimbledon will not award, indeed, points to the ranking of ranking mondiale.
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A note published by the ATP confirmed the precedents threats directed against Wimbledon. This is an excerpt from the press release: “It is with great regret and reluctance that we see no other option than remove points from WImbledon. Our rules exist for to protect the rights of the players. Unilateral decisions of this kind, if not addressed, create a previous harmful. There discrimination by individual tournaments it is not practicable“.
The organizers of the Slamin fact, they imposed their choice without consulting the international tennis circuit, which right away Yes is opposite to the decision to cut out Russian and Belarusian tennis players. Faced with this context, considered unfair by the ATP, the general classification will remain unchanged, with Wimbledon not awarding points based on the victories obtained during its performance.
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