Xinhua News Agency, London, December 7 (Reporter Zhang Wei) according to British media reports on the 7th, because players from Russia and Belarus are prohibited from participating in this year’s competition in Britain, the men’s professional tennis players association (ATP) A $1 million ticket was issued to the British Internet Association.
On April this year, the British Club announced that Russian and Belarus players were banned from participating in this year’s Wimbledon event. At the same time, the British Internet Association also said that players from these two countries are not allowed to participate in other competitions held in Britain this year. In response, ATP and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) both made a decision to cancel the ranking of Wimbledon this year. The ranking points of other British events are retained on the grounds that players can find other alternative events at the same time.
After that, WTA decided to impose a total fine of 1 million dollars on the British Union and the British Club, and ATP now also issued a million dollar fine, the British online Association separately banned players from Russia and Belarus from participating in five grassland warm-up matches such as the King’s Cup.
It is reported that the British Internet Association has appealed WTA’s punishment and is still considering how to respond to ATP’s punishment.
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