The diference of the last year, Wimbledon will allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players in its 2023 edition with which the British Grand Slam will once again award points for the ATP and WTA circuits.
The traditional contest, to be held between July 3 and 16, announced this Friday the reinstatement of tennis players from those countries as long as they do so with a “neutral flag”while “it will prohibit expressions of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and tennis players who receive funds from the Russian and Belarusian states will not be able to play either.”
Wimbledon’s decision to change its position due to the ongoing conflict is linked to the pressures he received from the ATP and the WTAwho had threatened to delicense grass-court tournaments in Great Britain.
In addition, the fact that the contest did not award points last year affected the ranking of championsthe Serbian Novak Djokovic in the men’s box and the Kazakh of Russian origin Yelena Rybakina in the women’s, with which this year the circuit will return to a certain normality.
After the announcement, tennis players like Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkasemifinalist at Wimbledon in the 2021 edition and champion last month of the Australian Open, and Russian Daniil Medvedevformer number 1 in the world, will be able to play the third Grand Slam of the year, although under a neutral flag, as is being done in all tournaments in the world today.
For his part, he british government He assured that he will not interfere in the plans of the tournament and does not think about the possibility of denying the visa to the Russian and Belarusian players, as announced by the English media Daily Mail.
