The All England Club, organizersof the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, decided to banned players for the firsttime as a response to a situation far from the sports world. This proves who big a sporting event can be when exposing situationsin the real world.
A side from Alexander Zverev,Dominic Thiemor Gael Monfills, whowon’tparticipate in this tournament due to injuries in their recent tournaments, these ATPbanned players aren’t allowed to participate even if they want to.
Whereas WTANo. 15 Leylah Fernandezis the onlywoman player who could have drawn in the women’s single competition, but she couldn’tmake it due to a fracture in her right foot. Although, Serena Williams is coming back to play.
Which players are banned from playing and why
The ATPwon’t have three important players from Russiain the Wimbledon’s Men Single drawdue to the Russia-Ukraineongoing war. In fact, one of them is the No.1 rankedin the ATP, Daniil Medvedev. In addition, the other two Russian players are among the Top 25 ATP ranking, whohave maintaineda good level during the current season.
| ATP Rank | Player |
| 1 | Daniil Medvedev |
| 8 | Andrey Rublev |
| 22 | Karen Khachanov |
Whereas the WTA lost some important players for the British tournament due to Belarushelp to the Russian government.The Women’s single tournament lost more players than the men’s. Is atotal of 5 players,althoughthe women’s categorydidn’tlost their No.1 player, thereareat least3 playersfrom the Top 20 WTA ranking that are banned from the competition.
| WTA Rank | Player |
| 6 | Aryna Sabalenka |
| 13 | Daria Kasatkina |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka |
| 21 | VeronikaKudermetova |
| 30 | Ekaterina Alexandrova |
