MOSCOW, Jun 10The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is ready to withdraw the decision to not award rating points at Wimbledon if the tournament organizers lifted the ban on the participation of Russian and Belarusian players, said ATP head Andrea Gaudenzi. Russian and Belarusian tennis players. In response, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) decided not to award ranking points to the participants in the Wimbledon tournament. At the same time, grass tournaments in the UK, which also excluded players from Russia and Belarus, were not deprived of ranking points. tournament, which we consider unfair. Such a decision, in any case, should have been made at a collegiate level between all representatives of tennis. This story makes us reaffirm that we need unique management in tennis. At the same time, we would be happy to withdraw our the decision to withdraw points if the ban on the participation of Russians and Belarusians who expressed their readiness to make written statements was lifted, since none of them supports the conflict in Ukraine,» Ubitennis quotes Gaudenzi. «From the point of view of the rating, we want year each player had access to an equal number of points.This is the only way to get a fair ranking in the year. If we were to defend those who played well at Wimbledon in 2021, it would be even more unfair to those who played well in 2022, because points still expire after 52 weeks, as they always do. We can't protect seven or eight players by doing even more damage to everyone else. Unfortunately, there will be no points in the final Wimbledon rankings, but from our point of view, this is the fairest choice, as well as for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA),” added Gaudenzi.
