Nadal also calls Wimbledon

Tennis star Rafael Nadal also described the starting ban for Russian and Belarusian professionals at the Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon as "unfair". The organizers in London chose the "most drastic option", said the Spaniard in Madrid on Sunday: "This is unfair to my Russian colleagues. What is currently happening at the war is not her mistake."

The top ten players Daniil Medvedev and Andrej Rublew are affected by the exclusion. "I'm sorry for her. I wish it would be different," said the Grand Slam record champion, who will return to the square at the ATP Masters in Madrid next week.

Previously, several players, including Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and the world ranking list Novak Djokovic, as well as the players' associations ATP and WTA, had a critical point of view.

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On April 20, the Wimbledon bosses announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes were not allowed to participate in the most important Grand Slam tournament of the year-in response to the war of attack in Ukraine.