MOSCOW, April 20, Andrey Simonenko. A possible decision by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and croquet (AELTC) to prevent Russian tennis players from participating in the Wimbledon tournament can be appealed due to its discriminatory nature, despite the fact that AELTC is a private organization, sports lawyer Anna Antseliovich said. Earlier media reported that AELTC would not allow Russian tennis players to participation in Wimbledon. At the same time, on Sunday, the head of AELTC, Scott Lloyd, said that a decision on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes had not yet been made. At the moment, Russian tennis players play in tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in a neutral status, Russian and Belarusian athletes cannot participate in team competitions under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). «They make any decision. they can’t,” Anceliovich said, answering the question whether AELTC could prevent Russians and Belarusians from attending Wimbledon as a private organization. they can set some criteria, but even then such a decision can be appealed on a discriminatory basis.
