Difficult one. Ukrainian players could always w/d on principle....

That would really embarrass the LTA.

In practice they had no choice other than to allow them to play under a neutral flag. Losing accreditation was a real possibility. The big problem was that the other Tennis Federations never followed suit when we banned Russians/Belarus last year. Much of the shame is on them.

Posted By: Saucerer on March 31st 2023 at 13:49:57

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not a tennis fan but ..... shame on Wimbledon (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 31, 12:20:35
- I'm working 50 miles of the coast of norfolk (Other Sports) - ParrotPuncher, Mar 31, 16:45:34
  - Just also, these pesky Russians (Other Sports) - ParrotPuncher, Mar 31, 16:49:32
    - off course their is fake news on both side (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 31, 17:42:37
- What's wrong with that? The players didn't make Russia invade Ukraine. Why should .. (Other Sports) - jimbo, Mar 31, 15:25:19
  - Haha that’s original 🤣 (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 15:47:51
  - perhaps because the USA & the UK had (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 31, 15:38:11
    - I see. That is a discussion for another day as you say. But..... (Other Sports) - jimbo, Mar 31, 15:49:44
    - Spreadsheet says 100% chance he does not agree (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 15:48:51
- It's not great to see, but... (Other Sports) - Basil Wrathbone, Mar 31, 14:41:21
- Difficult one. Ukrainian players could always w/d on principle.... (Other Sports) - Saucerer, Mar 31, 13:49:57
- The problem is the LTA were the only tennis organisation (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Mar 31, 13:11:26
  - Yes I agree. No other organisation was prepared to act in a similar way (n/m) (Other Sports) - revsimon, Mar 31, 16:06:30
- Links like that will get PP posting and nobody wants that (n/m) (Other Sports) - Adster, Mar 31, 12:36:35
  - whatever ... he is entitled to his view (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 31, 12:39:18

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