John McEnroe has labelled the Wimbledon saga that has marred the build-up as a 'lose-lose situation'. It has been an unusually tumultuous year for tennis, starting with Novak Djokovic’s visa saga and eventual deportation from Australia in January.
Months later, Wimbledon opted to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing this year due to President Putin's invasion of Ukraine. In support of the players affected, the ATP and WTA opted to strip the Grand Slam of ranking points, almost rendering it an exhibition event.
Tennis icon McEnroe has now described the sage as an unfortunate situation and stressed there is no winner in this tussle. "It was a mistake (to ban Russian and Belarusian players)," he told Reuters. "I know that it's a very horrible, tricky, terrible situation, obviously, in Ukraine."
