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The All England Club is not expected to announce any decision on banning Russians until their spring press conference next month. But if reports are true, the move to allow them back will come as a relief to the Lawn Tennis Association following threats from the ATP and WTA Tours.
Britain’s governing body for tennis could be expelled from both tours if they also ban Russian and Belarusian players from their pre-Wimbledon warm-up events for a second successive year. The ATP has also threatened to sell licences for tournaments like Queen’s unless players from the two nations can compete again.
Meanwhile, the WTA offered to retrospectively halve the £830,000 ($1 million) fine already paid by the LTA if they let Russian and Belarusian players compete at the likes of Eastbourne and Nottingham. The women’s tour also said the fine could be cut if LTA and All England Club were found to have made “appropriate efforts” to resolve the problem via negotiations with the British government.
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