MOSCOW, April 21, Andrey Simonenko. The Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) will send in all possible instances of a legal appeal regarding the ban on the Russians to play at the Wimbledon tournament and considers this decision a violation of human rights, said FTR President Shamil Tarpishchev. The organizers of the Wimbledon tournament on Wednesday refused Russian and Belarusian tennis players to participate in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. A statement on the official website of the tournament notes that the recommendations of the British authorities were taken into account. This decision was condemned by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), as well as a number of current and former players — in particular, the first racket of the world Serb Novak Djokovic and multiple Wimbledon champion Czech-American Martina Navratilova. «I gave order to legally work on the issue.We must be ready and in a few days we will send an appeal to all possible organizations.From our point of view, this is a violation of ethics and human rights, politics is mixed with sports.I have not heard a different opinion from any (foreign) athlete, except that this decision is nonsense. Both the ATP and the WTA also support us in this,» Tarpishchev said.
