Novak Djokovic has assured on Monday after his first round victory at Roland Garros that he plans to compete at Wimbledon next month. The grand slam tournament in London, which refuses to admit players from Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine, will not count towards the points in the world ranking this year, the umbrella organizations in tennis ATP (men) and WTA (women) have announced. decided.
“Yes, I plan to go to Wimbledon,” said the Serb after his victory over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in Paris. Djokovic won the grass tournament for the sixth time last year. He had previously said that he considered the tournament organization’s decision not to allow Russians and Belarusians to be “a mistake”.
After the decision by the ATP and the WTA not to count the points from Wimbledon in the world ranking, several tennis players had indicated that they would approach the grand slam tournament “as a demonstration tournament”. Cameron Norrie, the best player in Great Britain, even expressed his fear that world top players will unsubscribe from Wimbledon.
Wimbledon starts on Monday 27 June.