Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina thinks that the All England Lawn Tennis Club made a reasonable move by lifting the ban on Russian and Belarusian players this year. According to the Moscow-born Kazakhstani, it is the right decision that tournaments on UK soil will apply the same conditions as other events on the calendar, allowing players from Russia and Belarus to compete under a neutral flag.
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The 23-year-old Rybakina commented on the decision:
They have been playing like this for all the tournaments, so it (Wimbledon) was only Grand Slam they were not allowed.