We understand it would be purely a business decision. a preferred bidder is still unlikely to be named though this week. men s tennis world number eight, andrey rublev, said wimbledon s ban on russian and belarusian players is complete discrimination and illogical. rublev, who s through to the quarter finals of the serbia open, is one of three top 10 players, along with fellow russian daniil medvedev and aryna sabalenka of belarus, who cannot play in south west london this summer. wimbledon made the decision to ban the players because of the invasion of ukraine. well, one of britain s hopes for wimbledon this summer, emma raducanu, has won back to back matches for the first time this year. she s through to the quarter finals of the stuttgart open after beating germany s tamara korpatsch in three sets. raducanu will now face the world number one, iga swiatek. it s the first time the two players have met on the wta tour.
On russian and belarusian players is complete discrimination and illogical . the russian who s through to the quarter finals of the serbia open is one of three top 10 players, along with fellow russian daniil medvedev and aryna sabalenka of belarus, who cannot play in south west london this summer. wimbledon made the decision to ban the players because of the invasion of ukraine. swimming s world governing body fina has suspended russian olympic gold medallist evgeny rylov for nine months after he attended a rally in moscow in support of russia s military campaign in ukraine. rylov, who won gold in 100 and 200 metres backstroke in tokyo last year, was among several athletes who attended the rally hosted by president vladimir putin. fina has already cancelled all its events that were set to take place in russia, and has barred russian and belarusian athletes and officials from taking part in its competitions until the end of the year. england s jack lisowski says