The organiser of the Wimbledon tennis championships has appealed after the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) fined it for banning Russian and Belarusian players, the head of the All England Club said on Monday.
The club’s Chief Executive Sally Bolton confirmed the appeal on Monday and told reporters that the organisation stands by the ban and is “disappointed” by the international tennis bodies’ reactions to the ban.
The All England Club is short for the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which runs the Wimbledon championship tournament.
The AELTC and Wimbledon’s management committee said on April 20 that it would decline entries from Russian and Belarusian players to the 2022 championship in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision also affected warm-up tournaments….