“Collectively, I’m glad that gamers bought collectively and confirmed to the grand slam that when there’s a mistake occurring now we have to point out there shall be some penalties,” Djokovic informed reporters on Monday.
“I believe it (Wimbledon’s ban) was a fallacious resolution. I do not help that in any respect. However at these occasions, it’s a delicate topic and no matter you determine will create a number of battle,” he added.
The All England Garden Tennis Membership (AELTC) stated in a press release Friday it stands by its resolution. Wimbledon organizers stated in April that Russians and Belarusians wouldn’t be allowed to compete at this 12 months’s event.
In a press release, the AELTC stated it remained “unwilling to just accept success or participation at Wimbledon getting used to learn the propaganda machine of the Russian regime, which, via its carefully managed State media, has an acknowledged historical past of utilizing sporting success to help a triumphant narrative to the Russian individuals.
“We due to this fact want to state our deep disappointment on the selections taken by the ATP, WTA and ITF in eradicating rating factors for The Championships. We consider these selections to be disproportionate within the context of the distinctive and excessive circumstances of this case and the place we discovered ourselves in, and damaging to all gamers who compete on Tour,” the assertion added.
Tennis governing our bodies had banned Russia and Belarus from worldwide workforce competitions following the invasion.
Nevertheless, particular person gamers from the international locations are allowed to compete on the ATP and WTA Excursions however not below the title or flag of their international locations.
Djokovic stated he would nonetheless play at Wimbledon this 12 months however criticized the shortage of “robust communication” from organizers.
“On a private degree, after all, with out getting an opportunity to play and defend my 4,000 factors from Australia and Wimbledon, I’ll drop them this 12 months,” he stated.
“It is a very distinctive and bizarre scenario however a grand slam is a grand slam,” he stated, including that Wimbledon “has all the time been my dream since I used to be a child.”
“I do not have a look at it via the lens of factors or prize cash, however there must be some requirements with some mutual respect,” he stated.
“That is one in all these varieties of selections the place there’ll all the time be somebody who will undergo extra. It’s a lose-lose scenario.”
“The intention of this measure was good, however the execution is in every single place,” she stated on Monday.
“I really feel like if I play Wimbledon with out factors, it is extra like an exhibition. I do know this is not true, proper? However my mind identical to feels that method. Each time I believe like one thing is like an exhibition, I simply can’t go at it 100%.
“I did not even make my resolution but, however I am leaning extra in the direction of not enjoying given the present circumstances,” she added.
Issy Ronald and Jill Martin contributed reporting.
