ATP spares 2 British tournaments for banning Russian players


Save Story

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

LONDON — The Queen's and Eastbourne tournaments have been spared punishment from the ATP for banning Russian and Belarussian players. Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted the British Lawn Tennis Association and the All England Club which hosts Wimbledon to bar Russian and Belarusian players from the British grass-court season. The ATP and WTA objected at the time. But on Monday, the ATP says after extensive talks that "Queen's and Eastbourne will proceed as normal, offering full ATP ranking points." The LTA has welcomed the decision. The WTA has yet to respond.

Most recent Tennis stories

Related topics

The Associated Press
    KSL.com Beyond Series

    KSL Weather Forecast

    KSL Weather Forecast
    Play button