“After careful consideration of many factors, we came to two conclusions that formed the basis of our decision.

If we accepted Russian and Belarusian players, then there would be a risk that their success or participation in the tournament would be used in the interests of their country.

We are also obliged to monitor the safety and well-being of the players or their families, ”RIA Novosti quotes Hewitt with a link to James Gray on Twitter. 

He also does not consider the suspension of Russian and Belarusian tennis players to be discrimination.

According to him, the most responsible decision in this situation was made.

On April 20, it was announced that the applications of Russian and Belarusian tennis players to participate in Wimbledon would be rejected due to the situation in Ukraine.

Wimbledon tournament will be held from June 27 to July 10 in the suburbs of London.

Earlier, two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles Andrei Olkhovsky did not agree that athletes could boycott the 2022 Wimbledon tournament due to the suspension of the Russians.