Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal slammed by Ukrainian colleague over Wimbledon points strip

Ukrainian world No 66 Marta Kostyuk has slammed Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal for supporting the tennis tours' decision to remove all ranking points on offer at Wimbledon this year. The ATP and WTA made the move to penalise Wimbledon for their ban on Russian and Belarusian players, and Kostyuk said the tours wouldn't listen if their top players criticised Wimbledon for their ban.

Nadal is a member of the ATP Player Council, who were involved in talks leading up to the men's tour's decision to remove ranking points from Wimbledon, while Djokovic is the former president of the players council and the co-founder of the Professional Tennis Players' Association. Both hit out at the All England Club for banning Russian and Belarusian players, with the world No 1 recently branding it the "wrong decision".

Now, Kostyuk has hit out at the two legends of the sport, partially blaming them for the lack of support from the ATP and WTA. "I want my fellow players to support and understand the situation and be vocal on some things as well," she told Reuters. "But I mean, look at what Rafa said, look at what Novak said. How can you get the support from the tour when top three players say these things?"

The 19-year-old also thanked WTA world No 1 Iga Swiatek, who had been vocal in her support for Ukraine and has continued to wear a blue and yellow ribbon during her matches since the war started. Kostyuk also claimed that the majority of players had not been consulted in the tour's decision to remove ranking points from Wimbledon.

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"I would say 80-85% of the players had nothing to do with the (WTA) decision," she explained. "It's so ridiculous I couldn't believe it. None