Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev said he plans to play at Wimbledon in 2023.
Rublev failed to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday, losing to Serbian Novak Djokovic 1:6, 2:6, 4:6. Earlier it became known that Wimbledon organizers are considering the possibility of allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the tournament in 2023.
– A decision has now been made regarding Wimbledon and the Russian players. Do you have any hope of being able to play in the UK this summer?
– I hope. The last information I heard was a week ago that the announcement would be in a few weeks. We are all waiting. I hope we can play. I would like to speak. Wimbledon is one of the best tournaments in our sport,” Rublev told a news conference.
In the spring of 2022, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced that Russian and Belarusian tennis players were banned from playing Wimbledon and other tournaments in the UK in because of the situation in Ukraine. . Subsequently, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) imposed a fine of almost one million euros on the LTA, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) also imposed sanctions on the two organizations.
Source : MatchTV
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