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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Murray Expects Russians and Belarusians to Play at Wimbledon This Year

12 June 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: British tennis player Andy Murray in action against Italy's Matteo Berrettini during their men's singles final tennis match at the Stuttgart Open tennis tournament. (dpa)

Andy Murray said he expects Wimbledon organizers to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the Grand Slam this year after they were banned in 2022 following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) barred players from the two countries from competing the grasscourt major in response to what Russia called a "special military operation" in Ukraine. Belarus has been a key staging area for the invasion.

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