ATP strips Wimbledon of ranking points over decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players
Male players at Wimbledon this year will not receive ranking points following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian stars from this summer’s tournament.
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Male players at Wimbledon this year will not receive ranking points following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian stars from this summer’s tournament.
Varios tenistas causan baja en el cuadro masculino. El francés Gaël Monfils, número 22 del ranking ATP, fue el último en anunciar que no estará presente en París debido a una lesión que arrastra desde el Masters 1.000 de Montecarlo, que se celebró a mediados de abril. Junto a él, tampoco estarán en esta edición de Roland Garros Matteo Berrettini, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Nick Kyrgios ni Kei Nishikori, entre otros.
The pressure of being the overwhelming favourite ahead of most tournaments is “not bothering” Iga Swiatek with Martina Navratilova admitting the world No 1 “looks pretty unbeatable on any surface”.
Novak Djokovic will be out on a revenge mission at Roland Garros this year after being unable to play at the Australian Open, according to Mats Wilander.
Andy Murray will drop down to the Challenger circuit to begin his preparations for Wimbledon — while many of the world’s top players are competing in the French Open — after he was confirmed for the Surbiton Trophy and the more prestigious Queen’s Club Championships. The three-time Grand Slam champion chose to skip Roland-Garros to focus on the grass court season, which has brought him some of his biggest successes with three major titles at the All England Club, two at the Championships at Wimbledon and Olympic gold at London 2012. Ad/> Murray will headline the field at Surbiton, which starts on May 29, before heading to Queen’s, where he is the record winner with five singles titles and one doubles trophy.
Andy Murray has been confirmed as part of a strong British field set to compete in the upcoming Queen's Club and Surbiton Trophy grass court events.
Rafael Nadal might be the bookmakers’ favourite to win this year’s French Open, but Patrick McEnroe feels that Novak Djokovic is “starting to find his range” and he is “leaning towards” the Serbian to win consecutive titles at Roland Garros.
He felt fine physically during his first match in six weeks, but Daniil Medvedev admits he was not “in the zone” as he went down against Richard Gasquet at the Geneva Open.