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LONDON — Any ban on Russian players from the British tennis tournament at Wimbledon this summer will hurt the sport and be unacceptable, the Kremlin said Wednesday, after reports of a possible ban.
“The Kremlin considers the removal of Russian athletes from Wimbledon unacceptable,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovreporters Wednesday. “They are again being made the hostages of political intrigues,” he added, referring to the players. The Russian reaction follows reports that the All England Club, which hosts the annual major tournament in a leafy area of southwest London, could ban players from Russia over the war in Ukraine. News of the apparent ban was first reported by theIn March, the club issued awith other global tennis bodies declaring its “deep sense of distress, shock and sadness,” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Any ruling would affect stars such as the world No. 2 men’s player, Daniil Medvedev, and fellow Russian Andrey Rublev, who went viral online in February for writing “No War Please” on a television camera moments after a victory in Dubai.
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