'I guarantee they'll remember' - Andy Murray weighs in on Wimbledon ranking points row with view on football

Britain's Andy Murray has given his views on the debate surrounding players putting ranking points above the honour of playing at Wimbledon. The ATP and WTA Tours have removed points from the grass-court Grand Slam, after the All England Club’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing following the invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> Naomi Osaka admitted after losing her opening match at the French Open that she may now skip the grass-court Slam with ranking points not on offer for players.

Wimbledon‘Not an exhibition’ — Navratilova says Wimbledon about more than ranking pointsAN HOUR AGO “I would love to go to get some experience on the grass court," said Osaka. «But I’m the type of player who gets motivated by seeing my ranking go up.” She supported her answer to another question in Japanese, saying: „I feel like if I play Wimbledon without points it’ll be more like an exhibition. “I know this isn’t true, but my brain just feels like that way and whenever I think of something like an exhibition I just can’t go at it 100 per cent.

“I didn’t even make my decision yet but I’m leaning more towards not playing given the current circumstances. That might change but I do want to get more experience on the grass and I know that the Berlin tournament is giving out points.” Murray has responded to views from other tennis players by questioning who knows or cares about ranking points in other sports, such as football and golf. »I follow golf very closely and have no idea how many ranking points the winner of the Masters gets," Murray wrote on Twitter.