Martina Navaratilova has taken aim at Naomi Osaka after the Japanese star threatened to boycott Wimbledon with the tournament now stripped of ranking points.
Following the announcement last month that Russian and Belarusian players would be banned from playing at SW19, a bitter row has escalated. The measure was reportedly imposed after the UK Government told tournament organisers that players from either nation couldn't compete under a neutral banner.
The decision infuriated the ATP and WTA, as well as many of the game's leading players, with the All England Tennis Club threatened with legal action. Then this week, the saga took another explosive twist when the ATP and the WTA confirmed players would not be able to gain ranking points from its blue riband grass-court event.
