The All England Lawn Tennis Club has explained their decision to ban all Russian and Belarusian players from Wimbledon this summer. In their annual spring press conference, Chairman Ian Hewitt and Chief Executive Sally Bolton explained two “firm conclusions” they came to that informed the decision based on “directive guidance” from the UK government.
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