Russian tennis players can continue to compete, they must do so under a neutral status, meaning they cannot display their country’s flag.

In the wake of widespread bans on Russian athletes in response to their country’s military incursion in Ukraine, a coach who was instrumental in the development of current tennis world number one Novak Djokovic has condemned Russophobia. Nikola Pilic runs a tennis academy in Munich where players like Novak Djokovic and Michael Stich, the 1991 Wimbledon champion, have trained.