“Yes, I intend to go to Wimbledon”answered Djokovic bluntly after overcoming the first round match at Roland Garros against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (N.99).
Current champion on the London grass, ‘Djoko’ considered the decision of the tournament against the Russians and Belarusians a “mistake”.
“It’s a win-win situation”he insisted, regretting that Wimbledon or the English Federation (LTA) have not sought an agreement with the Russian and Belarusian players.
“It is Wimbledon or the LTA who made that decision, but I found out a few days ago that there was a document with recommendations from the British government for the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC, organizer of Wimbledon) where there were several options. They did not speak to anyone about the ATP nor with Russian or Belarusian players to try to find a meeting ground”Djokovic stated.
“It’s a bad decision, I don’t support it at all,” he insisted.
“The WTA and the ATP proposed to Russian, Belarusian or Ukrainian players to play exhibitions together within the framework of the tournament whose benefits would have been delivered to the victims in Ukraine. But Wimbledon never talked about it”assured.
In response to the Wimbledon decision, the ATP and WTA decided not to award points during the next edition of the grass-court Grand Slam if the organization maintains the exclusions, which will cost dearly in particular for players who will lose last year’s points and they will not be able to mark new ones. Starting with Djokovic himself.
“I am going to lose a total of 4,000 points from Australia and Wimbledon (…) So obviously that affects me very negatively,” recalled the Serbian, who had been expelled from Australia in the first ‘Big’ of the year, and from the who was also the current champion, for having refused to be vaccinated against covid-19.
Source: Ambito
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