MOSCOW, May 1. Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal called the decision of the organizers wrong and unfair Wimbledon to remove Russian athletes from participation in the upcoming tournament. «This is unfair to my Russian colleagues. It's not their fault what is happening now in Ukraine. I'm sorry, I wish this situation didn't exist, but we have what we have «, — quotes the 21-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments, the Spanish edition of Marca. The All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) refused Russian and Belarusian tennis players to participate in Wimbledon because of the situation in Ukraine. Also, players from Russia and Belarus were banned from playing at grass tournaments in the UK under the auspices of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).
