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LONDON (AP) The Queen's and Eastbourne tournaments were spared punishment from the ATP on Monday for banning Russian and Belarussian players. Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted the British Lawn Tennis Association and the All England Club the host of Wimbledon in April to bar players from Russia and its war ally Belarus from the coming British grass-court season.
Is it not possible to play top tennis without placing every player under the microscope to discover if their politics chime with your own, asks JANET STREET-PORTER.
The historic decision to write off the world s most famous tennis tournament due to the pandemic left eight-time champion Roger Federer "devastated" and seven-time winner Serena Williams shocked and shaken.