Recently, the organizers of Wimbledon-2022 announced that tennis players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to the tournament due to the full-scale war that the Russian Federation unleashed on the territory of Ukraine.

In response, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) criticized the ban on Russian and Belarusian tennis players from playing at Wimbledon-2022, calling such a decision "

Now, WTA chief Steve Simon has said Wimbledon organizers should expect a "

" The decision of the LTA, which holds tournaments under the auspices of the WTA, is a violation of the statutes and rules of the WTA regarding the participation of tennis players.

We have the opportunity to respond to both of these cases..

There were precedents when fines and sanctions were imposed in such situations.. We will evaluate the degree of our reaction. I think you will see a strong reaction from our side, but what exactly it will be and how far it will go remains to be determined,"

Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian tennis players, including the first racket of our country Elina Svitolina, demand the complete removal of players from the Russian Federation and Belarus who have not publicly spoken out against the war in Ukraine.