In addition to the excluded Russian players, some big names will not be on the pitch this year.
Injured, absent from the circuit for a long time or under the influence of a decision by the organizers, many players such as the world No.1 Daniil Medvedev or the legendary Roger Federer will miss Wimbledon (June 27-July 10) :
MEN
. Daniil Medvedev: the world No.1 was refused by the tournament because of his Russian nationality, the English Federation having decided to follow a directive from the British government in retaliation for the war in Ukraine. At 26, he has never passed the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
. Alexander Zverev: the German world No.2 has not recovered from the severe right ankle injury he suffered in the semi-finals at Roland-Garros. At 25, he has never passed the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
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. Andrey Rublev: the world No.8 will miss the tournament for the same reasons as his compatriot Medvedev. At 24, he has never passed the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
. Roger Federer: fallen to 96th in the world, the Swiss who won the title 8 times on the London lawn is not yet physically ready. Turning 41 in August, he underwent third right knee surgery in a year and a half last summer and has yet to play again since his quarter-final elimination on Center Court last year. last.
. Gaël Monfils: the Frenchman, who will turn 36 on September 1, is recovering from a heel injury due to which he already missed Roland-Garros. Still short of training, he withdrew four days before the start of the tournament, explaining that he wanted to be ready for the summer hard court tournaments.
WOMEN
. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (6th in the world and semi-finalist last year), her compatriot Victoria Azarenka (20th and double semi-finalist of the London tournament) and Russian Daria Kasatkina (13th, quarter-finalist in 2018) will miss the appeal because of their nationality.
. Elina Svitolina: the Ukrainian (38th), semi-finalist in 2019, put her career on hold due to psychological difficulties linked to the war in her country and her pregnancy.
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. Naomi Osaka: 42nd but ex-world No.1, announced her withdrawal in mid-June due to a persistent Achilles heel injury. A few days before, she had hinted that she was reluctant to line up at Wimbledon for lack of points distributed by the WTA due to the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian players from the tournament. Quadruple winner in Grand Slam, the Japanese has never reached the round of 16 on the London lawn.
. Eugénie Bouchard: currently unranked, the 28-year-old Canadian, ex-world No.5 and finalist in 2014, hoped to return to Wimbledon this summer by playing her protected ranking because she was sidelined for a shoulder injury since March 2021. But the decision of the WTA, like that of the ATP for men, not to award points due to the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian players, pushed Bouchard to give up. “Even though I love Wimbledon and not making it makes me sad, using protected entry into a tournament without ranking points makes no sense.“, she explained, recalling that the players had a “limited number of protected classification entries».
