British tennis star Dan Evans has taken aim at the ATP and WTA regarding the potential ban on pre-Wimbledon events.
Last year Russian and Belarusian players were banned from competing at all British events due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, the organisations of the men’s and women’s tours have sent a warning to the LTA - and may even cancel the British events prior to Wimbledon this summer - if the players from the two aforementioned nations remain unable to play.
The respective tours have stated their intention to cancel the LTA's membership if it exercises further "discrimination based on nationality", which means traditional tournaments staged at The Queen's Club, Eastbourne and elsewhere in the run-up to Wimbledon could be removed from the tennis calendar. This has been met with disappointment by Evans, who can not fathom the possibility of the traditional warmup events for Wimbledon not taking place.
