MOSCOW, May 2. Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas believes that Russian tennis players are nothing did not do to be suspended from Wimbledon. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) denied Russian and Belarusian athletes participation 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). «Players cannot influence what happened. Especially those whose countries have suffered the most from this. This is a delicate issue. Not good that they were not allowed to participate. They did nothing wrong to be automatically disqualified from the tournament, «Greek City Times quotes Tsitsipas. Tsitsipas is the son of Soviet tennis player Yulia Salnikova and Apostolos Tsitsipas, the grandson of Soviet football player and coach Sergei Salnikov. The 23-year-old is world No. 5 and a finalist for the 2021 French Open.
