PARIS : Tennis great John McEnroe said Wimbledon was wrong to ban Russian and Belarusian players after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine but wished the sport's governing bodies had not retaliated by stripping the Grand Slam of ranking points.
McEnroe, who claimed three of his seven Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon, said there was no winner in the tussle. "It's like a lose-lose right now. Tennis players, we are like a fraternity. We travel the world. And even if we speak different languages, there's a connection. And in a small way, it's like a family. And we need to support each other.
Ranking points determine a player's ability to enter tennis events and receive seedings, so stripping them from Wimbledon effectively reduces the event to an exhibition tournament.
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