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malaise

(269,144 posts)
Fri May 20, 2022, 06:00 PM May 2022

I agree with both the WTA and the ATP

Wimbledon: ATP & WTA strip ranking points from Grand Slam over ban for Russians and Belarusians
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/61401519


Players will not receive ranking points at Wimbledon following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian competitors from the tournament.

Players from the countries have been banned by the All England Lawn Tennis Club from all UK grass-court events after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"It is with great regret and reluctance that we see no option," said the ATP.

"The stance we are taking is about protecting the equal opportunities that WTA players should have to compete as individuals," added the WTA, the women's governing body.
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Boris Johnson should stay out of sports

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I agree with both the WTA and the ATP (Original Post) malaise May 2022 OP
Too bad Russian athletes have to suffer for war criminal... brush May 2022 #1

brush

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1. Too bad Russian athletes have to suffer for war criminal...
Fri May 20, 2022, 06:05 PM
May 2022

Putin's actions but that's how it has to be to make future Russian leaders, or even Putin think twice before invading another nation unprovoked because he wants to go down in history as the second coming of Peter the Great.

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