Wimbledon ‘ready to ban’ Daniil Medvedev from tournament as fears grow a win could boost Vladimir Putin

The All England Club (AELTC) are ready to ban Daniil Medvedev from this year’s Wimbledon, according to a report in the Telegraph. Simon Briggs reports that The All-England Club’s independent status means that they could apply bans to players without the threat of legal repercussions.

The ATP and the WTA have allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to continue competing but in the absence of their national flag or anthem in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> The Telegraph quotes a source close to the AELTC, who says that its status as a private members' club gives it greater freedom to act compared to the ATP or the WTA.

The AELTC’s status allows it to decide who to admit or not while the tours could be held to legal account if it was deemed that their actions were not reasonable, and had denied players the ability to earn a living through no fault of their own. TennisSwiatek, Alcaraz soar over Sunshine Double, but who else shone?YESTERDAY AT 09:29 “Private member clubs have more freedom as to who to allow in or not, so they wouldn’t be subject to the same discrimination laws as the tours,” the source told the Telegraph.

“If you are running the main tennis tour, you have the freedom to ban players – if they have been found guilty of match-fixing or doping, for instance – but you have to be able to show that this course of action is reasonable. “In this instance, if the tours took strong action, Russians players could argue that they are being prevented from making a living through no fault of their own.