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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Eleanor Crooks

LTA makes financial loss after fines for ban on Russian and Belarusian players

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The fines the Lawn Tennis Association received for its ban on Russian and Belarusian players at tournaments last summer have resulted in the organisation making a financial loss.

The LTA, which runs the pre-Wimbledon grass-court tournaments, was fined a total of 1.75million US dollars (approximately £1.4million) by the WTA and ATP for refusing to allow players from the two countries to compete following the invasion of Ukraine.

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