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(Reuters) -Wimbledon had its ranking points stripped by the ATP and WTA Tours on Friday over its decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus at the 2022 Championships due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Wimbledon has been stripped of its ATP ranking points following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this summer’s Championships.
PARIS (AP) — The ATP men’s professional tennis tour will not award ranking points for Wimbledon this year because of the All England Club’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine.
:Wimbledon had its ranking points stripped by the ATP Tour on Friday over its decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus at the 2022 Championships due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, while the WTA Tour has yet to announce a decision.
The ATP said on Friday that it was stripping ranking points from this year's Wimbledon after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from the Grand Slam tournament following the invasion of Ukraine.
The ATP men's professional tennis tour will not award ranking points for Wimbledon this year because of the All England Club's ban on players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine.
The ATP has confirmed no world ranking points will be earned at Wimbledon, in light of the All-England Club’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian competitors. Wimbledon caused controversy when revealing it had taken the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing in the third major of the year on account of the invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> It is a move that puts them at odds with most other sporting events, and has divided opinion.
:Wimbledon will be stripped of ranking points over its decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus from competing at the 2022 Championships due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the men's ATP Tour said on Friday.