The All England Lawn Tennis Club's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players is the same as it was when it was made, according to Ian. There is a time and a place for it.
The All England Club chairman said he was very disappointed by the decision to strip Wimbledon of ranking points, but that the Championships were left with no other viable alternative than banning players from Russia and Belarus.
The desire to prevent the Championships from being used to promote Russia's political agenda was one of the reasons why the decision was made.
In response to the invasion of Ukranian, the Wimbledon organizers banned players from Russia and Belarus. The exclusion of players "undermined" the integrity of the tour, according to the tour.
The decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus was influenced by the government's instructions, and was beyond the interests of tennis alone, according to the man.
It would have been wrong todefy the government guidance, and we did not think that was the right approach for a tournament of our kind. "We were not willing to put in jeopardy any of the players' safety, and we think that that route would have had consequences for players' safety or their families, which really left no other viable alternative."
It was important to us that Wimbledon was not used in any way by the Russian government in regards to their own people and how they are portrayed in the world.
We were left with no viable alternative other than to decline entries. We regret the impact on the individual players, but we also regret the impact on the innocent people who have been affected by the situation in Ukraine.
The All England Club decided that men's and women's top ranked players wouldn't be allowed to play.
We are very disappointed with the decision to remove ranking points from the tennis tour. It is our opinion that it is more damaging to the interests of a large majority of players than it is to the other side.
We stand by our decision, even though we would have liked a different way of dealing with that in the interests of the players. Our main focus is to get on with the Championships and prove that we are the best in the world.
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