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Naomi Osaka said Monday she may skip Wimbledon over the decision to strip the Grand Slam tournament of ranking points. "I would say the decision is kind of affecting my mentality going into grass, like I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to go there," said Osaka after her 7-5, 6-4 loss to Amanda Anisimova in the French Open first round.
Sloane Stephens has slammed Wimbledon for its ban on Russian and Belarusian players in a very strong French Open press conference. The former US Open champion backed the decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players from the grass-court Grand Slam following the invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> Stephens was addressing the media after her 5-7 6-4 6-2 first-round victory over Jule Niemeier and had powerful words for Wimbledon after the ATP and WTA made their decision last Friday which means players will not receive ranking points at the iconic tournament.
Sloane Stephens has backed the decision to strip Wimbledon of ranking points, after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players from the Grand Slam.
Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens said on Sunday she supports the WTA and ATP's decision to not award ranking points at Wimbledon and stated she had previously hoped «everyone had a fair opportunity to play.»
Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens has backed the decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points.
Sloane Stephens has backed the WTA’s decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points.
Sloane Stephens has backed the WTA’s decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points.
Sorana Cirstea made the French Open second round on Sunday with a little help from 2001 Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic, the coach of world number one and reigning Roland Garros champion Novak Djokovic. The 32-year-old Romanian, who reached the quarter-finals in Paris in 2009, eased past Tatjana Maria 6-3, 6-3 to set up a clash with former US Open champion Sloane Stephens for a place in the last 32.