Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 24, 2022 Russia's Daniil Medvedev celebrates after winning his first round match against Argentina's Facundo Bagnis REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
PARIS (Reuters) - Russian Daniil Medvedev still yearns to play at Wimbledon next month and finds the situation "very strange" that he could climb to the top of the men's rankings even if excluded from the grasscourt Grand Slam, the world number two said on Tuesday.
The ATP and WTA last week took away ranking points from Wimbledon following the organisers' decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which Russia calls a 'special operation'.
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