St. Petersburg, June 25, Taras Barabash. Representatives of the Wimbledon tournament recognized Shamil Tarpishchev, President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF), said Shamil Tarpishchev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF), said earlier that the decision by the organizers of Wimbledon to ban the participation of tennis players from Russia and Belarus applies only to the 2022 tournament. In April, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) refused to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to Wimbledon due to the situation in Ukraine. In response, in May, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) decided not to award ranking points to the tournament participants. «These words of Wimbledon representatives indicate that they admitted their mistake,» said Tarpishchev.
