couple of months about teams being banned. for example, the figure skating team being banned from the world championship, the men s soccer team from the world cup. what this is going avid athletes and it is controversial. both the men s and the women s tennis tour today said they were against it. they were disappointed in this decision from wimbledon but right now that decision stands and it is a significant statement from england and from wimbledon about what they believe the message they would like to send to vladimir putin about the athletes that he does care quite a bit about which in this case are his tennis players. the kremlin quickly responded to this wimbledon announcement saying and i m quoting now this is from the statement making victims of some kind of political prejudices intrigues hostile actions towards our country is unacceptable and you say there are others who might actually agree with that
now, he says, he s focused on competing. with only a few days before the australian open, the country s immigration minister is still considering whether to cancel the player s visa. there is a great deal of uncertainty about what happens next, and division too. should he be here? oh, god, i don t know. i ve followed it all week. i just sort of wonder what the reception will be like when he gets here. we are a country of booers, we do like that, but i m sure he can handle that. if he plays, i will not watch him, because he is not vaccinated. we are really excited that he s here. - it s cool to have all those top players and, yeah, i we are super excited for him. there is also concern about what this will mean for the sport and the players ability to travel. the atp, which runs the men s tennis tour, said the novak djokovic controversy has been damaging on all fronts and has