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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Majendie

Novak Djokovic backs stripping of Wimbledon ranking points but still plans to defend title

Novak Djokovic has backed the ATP’s decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points and described the banning of Russian and Belarusian players as a “lose-lose situation”.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion said he had every intention of defending his Wimbledon title this summer but insisted he would be “very negatively affected” by the lack of ranking points.

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