The LTA's hands are tied a little bit as well.
"They're not going to get chances or playing opportunities with a wild card. "It affects all of the Brits," Evans said. There is no threat of Wimbledon not going ahead because it is a Grand Slam tournament, meaning it is not governed by the ATP and WTA tours. "I don't think threatening the LTA with taking away the licence for these events is how it's going to be resolved." "They do great things but we have to have sensible conversations. "I'm a massive advocate for the ATP generally," added Evans. The WTA and ATP Tours have said they will cancel the LTA's membership if it exercises further "discrimination based on nationality", which means traditional tournaments staged at The Queen's Club, Eastbourne and elsewhere in the run-up to Wimbledon could be lost. The announcement to ban Russian and Belarusian entries was generally well received in the UK but led to the removal of ranking points at Wimbledon and resulted in the large fines.įollowing an appeal, the fine from the WTA will be halved to £500,000 if players from the two nations are allowed to enter this year. Wimbledon and LTA face decision over whether to lift ban."Queen's is one of the best and most prestigious tournaments on the tour, which has done a lot for the ATP Tour in its time."
"The ATP should not throw stones when they live in glass houses. "I'm not a fan of the threats," the British number two added.
"It's a sad state of affairs if Queen's wasn't on," Evans told the Times. The LTA was fined £1.4m by the ATP and WTA for its move, while Wimbledon was played without rankings points.
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