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Novak Djokovic discussed with the press possible sanctions from ATP regarding Wimbledon's decision to ban tennis players from Russian Federation and Belarus.Novak Djokovic says ATP might protect Wimbledon points for Russian and Belarusian players: “Probably it’s the more realistic option” «I have spoken to some of the Russian players in Belgrade, and, obviously it's not an easy situation to be in, you know, stripped away the right to participate in one of the biggest tournaments if not the biggest tournament in the world. It's hard. You know, I understand that, you know, there is frustration. ATP is going to, I guess, analyze the whole situation and understand what can be done. I have not spoken to people from ATP, so I'm not sure about it. Going through something similar, let's say, it's not the same thing, but going through something similar earlier this year for myself, it's frustrating knowing that you're not able to play. As I said, you know, I still stand by my position that I don't support the decision. I think it's just not fair, it's not right, but it is what it is. You know, they are entitled to make the decision, and now I guess it's on player council, the tour management, to really decide along with the players what is the best solution in this situation, whether they keep the points, protect the points, take away 50% of the points or whatever. We had in the last couple of years, because of coronavirus, some reduction on points, and different, I guess, models were implemented that were not implemented before in order to allow players not to play if they don't want to play but still have their points. So I heard that some of those models are still considered to be, you know, used in this kind of instance, but, you know, I'm not sure what is right, what is wrong, to be honest. I guess we'll have to wait and see the outcome. Will it feel like a glorified exhibition? Everything is possible, I guess, but I really doubt that there won't be any points at Wimbledon. Probably the more realistic option is to protect the points from the Russian and Belarusian players that are not playing. Again, anything is possible, so we have to wait and see and discuss at that point. Wimbledon and Grand Slams are more than tournaments where you earn 2,000 points if you win. There is history behind it. So to me, Wimbledon was always a dream tournament when I was a kid. It won't change, if that answers your question, but again, it's a big effect. It's a ripple effect as well later on, I mean, how that's going to affect the post-Wimbledon ranking system. I think in this particular situation, you won't have everyone happy, so there is going to be somebody that's going to be suffer more consequences I guess negatively in terms of points and what else, you know, than maybe some other players». >>> Rafael Nadal: "It’s very unfair to forbid Russians to play at Wimbledon, but what happens in our game doesn >>> Marta Kostyuk: "Paula Badosa is not the only one who feels this way. They just do not understand how serious this whole situation is" Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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