The tennis tours are set to adopt special measures to protect those who are banned by Wimbledon and other UK tournaments this summer. The ATP will consider some kind of ranking freeze to make up for the opportunity denied to banned players, such as Russian men's world No 2 Daniil Medvedev (right), to gain the big points on offer at Wimbledon. Also on the table will be the more extreme sanction to strip UK events of ranking points. He will now not be able to defend his points from 2021 — the single biggest contributor to his ranking total. 'Consultations of the BTF leadership with international law firms are ongoing and a strategy is being developed that is aimed at protecting Belarusian tennis players.

Source: Daily Mail April 22, 2022 11:30 UTC