Amelie Mauresmo, the tournament director of the French Open, confessed there is “no fair decision” regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian players at Grand Slam events but warned sanctions will be imposed if they publicly support Russian President Vladimir Putin.

view and insisted he is working to protect his colleagues alongside other tennis players.Britain's Sir Andy

Murray has also remarked he is "not supportive" of the ban.

Wimbledon could be stripped of its ranking points by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in response to its contentious decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players.

the same stance as the AELTC.There have been suggestions that top players, including Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray, could play in grass-court tournaments in Germany instead of England prior to Wimbledon.Rafael

from the British Government as the reason for the decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus.Sir Andy

Murray is among a number of top players that could choose to prepare for Wimbledon in Germany should

Shamil Tarpishchev, the President of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR), has insisted that the continued involvement of Russian athletes in major tennis competitions is more important than membership of the national governing body.

titles, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, 20-time Grand Slam winner, and three-time Grand Slam champion Sir Andy

Murray of Britain criticised the decision, claiming their exclusion is unfair.Russia’s men's world number

Ons Jabeur continued her trailblazing exploits at the Madrid Open, becoming the first Arab player to reach the final of a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 tournament.

the quarter-finals today.Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one, received a walkover as Sir Andy

Murray from Britain pulled out through illness.Germany's Alexander Zverev, who followed Murray as Olympic

Men’s top seed Novak Djokovic enjoyed a comfortable straight sets win at the Madrid Open tennis, but it was a day of mixed fortunes for two British Grand Slam champions.

against France’s Gael Monfils in the round of 32 stage at the Caja Magica and will now face Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray in the last 16.The Serbian's victory over Monfils saw him become the first man in the open era

to hold an 18-0 record against an opponent on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.Sir Andy

Shapovalov, the 14th seed, in three sets in a match that finished at just after 12.30am local time.Sir Andy

Ukrainian former tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky has hit out at Rafael Nadal following the Spaniard's criticism of the ban on Russian and Belarusian players at Wimbledon.

Sergiy Stakhovsky (@Stako_tennis) May 2, 2022Wimbledon champions Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Britain's Sir Andy

Murray and the Czech Republic's Martina Navratilova have also sided with Nadal."

Former world number one Simona Halep has charged past Coco Gauff to reach the quarter-finals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Madrid Open.

Kalinina.The round of 64 of the men’s event was also staged today.Three-time Grand Slam winner Sir Andy

Murray of Britain beat Austria’s Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4.Sir Andy's compatriot and ninth seed Cameron

Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo.Tenth seed Jannik Sinner of Italy squeezed past American Tommy Paul 6-7, 7-6, 6-3.Murray

Wimbledon champions Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Sir Andy Murray have all criticised the All England

Two-time Wimbledon champion Sir Andy Murray has condemned the ban but also admitted that there is no

Belarus or Russia would have to sign a written declaration of neutrality to be permitted to play.Sir Andy

The countdown to the second Grand Slam of the tennis season has been picking up pace in recent weeks, albeit headlines in the sport have been made as much off the court as on it.

also helped Alcaraz become the first teenager to break into the top 10 in the rankings since Britain's Andy

Murray in 2007.Osaka is certainly onto something then, when she highlights the freshness Alcaraz has

Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva issued a "no war" message during her third-round defeat to Danielle Collins of the United States at the Miami Open.

6-7, 6-4.Russian world number one Daniil Medvedev proved too strong for three-time major winner Sir Andy

Murray of Britain in the men's singles second round as he powered through with a 6-4, 6-2 victory."

Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has announced that he will be donating $500,000 (£379,000/€455,000) to help children impacted by the war in Ukraine after being left "horrified" and "heartbroken" by the Russian invasion.

Britain's Andy Murray has pledged to donate all the prize money that he earns in the remainder of the

Over 7.5 million children are at risk with the escalating conflict in Ukraine," said Murray."

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Estonian Anett Kontaveit suffered early exits at the Miami Open as a series of seeds were defeated in the second round of the women’s singles.

courtesy of a 6-2, 6-3 thrashing of former world number one Kerber.In the men’s singles, Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray set up a second-round meeting with Russian top seed Daniil Medvedev after beating Federico Delbonis

of Argentina 7-6, 6-1.Sir Andy saw off Delbonis 7-6, 6-1 and will now look to topple Medvedev, who is

playing as a neutral.Sir Andy Murray will meet Daniil Medvedev in the men's singles second round after

Federico Delbonis ©Getty Images"He's played extremely well on the hard courts the last few seasons," said Murray

Britain's Andy Murray lost 7-6 (11-9), 6-3 in his second-round match against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik

Murray, who won the previous two already fixtures against Bublik at Wimbledon and Rotterdam respectively

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has announced the relocation of an ATP 250 Tour event from Saint Petersburg to Nur-Sultan as it released the calendar for the second half of the season.

tennis, before hosting a second one in 2021.Marat Safin and Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Britain’s Andy

Murray are some of the former winners of St Petersburg Open.

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thrashed Ričardas Berankis of Lithuania 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 ©Getty ImagesBritain's former world number one Sir Andy

Murray struggles to hide his frustration as he lost to Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel ©Getty ImagesRomania's