Russian and Belarusian tennis players will not be able to play at one of the largest ITF tournaments, which will be held in July in Liepaja, Latvia.

Journalist Yannick Schneider announced this on Twitter..

The reason for the exclusion of players from Russia and Belarus is not specified. The letter, which was received by Russian tennis player Marina Melnikova, says that the Latvian Tennis Union does not allow players from Russia and Belarus to participate in domestic tournaments.. In addition, the tennis player was asked to withdraw online from her application for participation in the tournament..

Subsequently, the journalist supplemented the previous tweet, indicating that Melnikov received a letter from the International Tennis Federation (ITF). And he noted that it did not indicate whether this corresponded to the rules for the performances of tennis players from Russia and Belarus.

Latvia became the second country to refuse tennis players from Russia and Belarus to play in tournaments. Wimbledon made the decision in April. For this, he was deprived of rating points..