Tennis - ATP 250 - Geneva Open - Tennis Club de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland - May 15, 2022 Russia's Daniil Medvedev trains ahead of the Geneva Open REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
(Reuters) - World number two Daniil Medvedev has not given up hope of competing at Wimbledon next month even though tournament organisers have banned Russians and Belarusians from playing at the grasscourt Grand Slam due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The decision was swiftly condemned by the men's and women's tours and a number of players, with Rafa Nadal calling the ruling "unfair".
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