Grass Court UK tournament situation 2023

[themass15]

Wonder if the Russians and Belarusians will be allowed to play

[lovetennis]

Wonder if the Russians and Belarusians will be allowed to play

I wondered this too. Didn't the AELTC get fined for banning them last year? All a bit tricky as can't see the Ukraine situation being magically resolved by July (sadly)

[cazza99]

BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/64720228) - Wimbledon: WTA could halve fines imposed on LTA and All England Club for banning Russian players

[Caro]

I wondered this too. Didn't the AELTC get fined for banning them last year? All a bit tricky as can't see the Ukraine situation being magically resolved by July (sadly)

Yes indeed. I have seen that if the LTA ban them from ATP tournaments, those tournaments may end up being cancelled as the ATP will not support them. May just be scare mongering but definitely worth keeping an eye.

[cazza99]

I have moved posts on the topic of whether Russians and Belarussians can play in UK in 2023 to its own thread because the situation affects several tournaments.

[cazza99]

This has been posted elsewhere but posting again.

Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2023/02/20/british-tennis-given-500000-incentive-drop-russia-ban-world/) - British tennis given 500,000 reasons to let Russians back in

[cazza99]

BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/64811611) - Dan Evans criticises ATP and WTA threats to strip LTA of pre-Wimbledon events

[themass15]

Wimbledon reverses its ban on Russian/Belarusian players

https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2023-03-31/statement_regarding_player_entries_for_the_champio nships_2023.html