Rublev calls Wimbledon ban ‘discrimination’

Andrey Rublev of Russia returns a ball to Czech Republic`s Jiri Lehecka during their tennis quarter final match of the Serbia Open tennis tournament in Belgrade. Pic/AP/PTI

World No.8 Andrey Rublev blasted Wimbledon's ban on Russian and Belarusian players as "complete discrimination" on Thursday while Belarus officials said the decision will only "incite hatred" and threatened legal action to have it overturned.

"The reasons they [Wimbledon] gave us had no sense, they were illogical. This is complete discrimination against us," said Rublev. Wimbledon has banned all Russian and Belarusian players from taking part in this year's Grand Slam event in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever