Commentary
The organisers of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, which will be held from June 27 to July 10, announced that Russian and Belarussian tennis players would be banned from participating in the iconic tennis tournament.
This means that Russian players, Daniil Medvedev, the number two tennis player in the world and a former U.S. Open winner, and Andrey Rublev, ranked eighth, will not be able to compete in the championships this year. The same ban extends to female Belarussian players, Aryna Sabalenka, ranked fourth on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) list, and Victoria Azarenka ranked 18th and two-time winner of the Australian Open.