What Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu and other top stars have said about playing Wimbledon

Wimbledon has been the talk of the town over the last week despite the French Open currently being played in Paris. After the tournament banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing this summer, the ATP and WTA Tours responded by stripping Wimbledon of all ranking points on offer at the tournament in separate statements last Friday. Several players, including the likes of defending champion Novak Djokovic and British No 1 Emma Raducanu have since spoken out on the move and whether they will still compete without the ability to boost their ranking.

Since the ATP and WTA confirmed they were removing ranking points awarded at The Championships this year, several players have come out to say they weren't consulted by the tours over the decision. And many have taken issue with the decision to remove the 2021 points too, which will cost the likes of Djokovic his world No 1 ranking while others will fall down the standings. Express Sport takes a look at what the top players have said about the news over the last few days.

The world No 1 hit out at having his points taken away for a second time this season after being deported on the eve of the Australian Open back in January, and claimed Wimbledon's decision to ban Russians and Belarusians was "wrong" but committed to playing. "I'm affected because I'm not able to defend 4,000 points [in Australia and Wimbledon]," he said at the Roland Garros mixed zone earlier this week.

He also agreed with the ATP's stance, adding: "But I'm happy to see that the ATP and the players decided to show Wimbledon that when you make a wrong decision, there are consequences. Wimbledon is still Wimbledon, it was my dream as a kid, I never looked at it for points of prize money, but I