Tennis bosses fume at 'disappointing' $1.5m fine

The Lawn Tennis Association was fined $1.5 cardinal by the ATP men's nonrecreational circuit for banning players from Russia and Belarus from its grass-court events this year.

The governing assemblage of British tennis banned the players from 5 Wimbledon warm-up tournaments pursuing Russia's penetration of Ukraine.

The ATP, which oversees men's tennis extracurricular of the expansive slams, besides warned the LTA it could suffer its rank successful the organisation if it repeats the ban.

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"We basal by our archetypal presumption connected this matter, that unilateral decision-making by members of the ATP Tour threatens our quality to run arsenic a planetary sport," the ATP said successful a statement. "We judge that the measures taken support the semipermanent aboriginal of our crippled and its committedness to merit-based participation, without discrimination, for idiosyncratic athletes. We person nary further comment."

The LTA said it "deeply disappointed" with the tour's action.

"The ATP, successful its finding, has shown nary designation of the exceptional circumstances created by Russia's penetration of Ukraine, oregon the planetary sporting assemblage and UK government's effect to that invasion," the organisation said successful a statement.

"The ATP look to respect this substance arsenic a straightforward breach of their rules — with a astonishing deficiency of empathy shown for the concern successful Ukraine, and a wide deficiency of knowing of the unsocial circumstances the LTA faced," it added.

Italy's Matteo Berrettini during the last of the Queen's Club tourney against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players from the Wimbledon tourney earlier this year, also. Wimbledon organisers made the determination aft considering guidance from the British government.

On Wednesday, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach criticised the British authorities for "interfering."

"Governments should not determine connected governmental grounds who is participating successful which sports events," Bach said.

The ATP's enactment follows fines totaling $1.5 cardinal handed the LTA and All England Club by the WTA women's nonrecreational tennis tour. The 2 bodies person appealed those fines.

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