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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

‘Stop the monster’: Ukrainian tennis chief backs Wimbledon ban on Russians

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has banned Russian players from competing at Wimbledon this year.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has banned Russian players from competing at Wimbledon this year. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

A senior Ukrainian tennis official has told his sport’s governing bodies that they will be “playing on the side of the monster” if they take action against Wimbledon and the LTA for banning Russian and Belarusian players from this summer’s events.

Evgeniy Zukin, the vice-president of Ukraine’s tennis federation, also contrasted the WTA’s strong comments during the Peng Shuai case with its response to Russia as he warned that tennis risked “being on the wrong side of history”.

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