"Not sure what is right or what is wrong"- Djokovic on Wimbledon possibly losing rankings points

Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 21:15

Updated at Sunday, 08 December 2024 at 12:53

byErik Virostko

Novak Djokovic shared his thoughts about reports that Wimbledon might lose its ranking points due to the ban on Russian and Belarusian players from this year's Championships.

Recent reports from the ATP Tour suggest that the leadership of the Tour is considering implementing a decision that would see Wimbledon and tournaments held in the United Kingdom stripped of their ATP points.

This move should be a counter to the decision of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to prevent Russian and Belarusian players from competing in tournaments held in Great Britain in 2022.

One of the leading voices on the ATP Tour, Novak Djokovic, was asked about those reports during his participation at the 2022 Italian Open in Rome, and he explained his stance.

"Now I guess it's on player council, the tour management, to really decide along with the players what is the best solution in this situation, whether they keep the points, protect the points, take away 50% of the points or whatever."

Only recently, governing bodies in tennis had to come up with creative solutions regarding ranking points because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many events to disappear from the calendar.

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Because of that, the Serbian player believes that some of those measures could be used when dealing with the situation of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

"We had in the last couple of years, because of corona, some reduction on points, and different, I guess, models were implemented that were not implemented before because of corona in order to allow players not to play if they don't want to play but still have their points."

"So I heard that some of those models are still considered to be, you know, used in this kind of instance, but, you know, I'm not sure what is right, what is wrong, to be honest. I guess we'll have to wait and see the outcome."