Wimbledon without world ranking points: Last year’s finalist Matteo Berrettini sees himself as a victim

“I understand that it is not easy for Russian and Belarusian tennis players to accept the decision to exclude them, but the same goes for those who will lose points and those who cannot earn them,” explained Berrettini, who won his Can not defend counters from the previous year and will slide down in the world rankings.

“I made some important decisions in terms of load management to help Paris (French Open, Anm. d. Red.) not to force and skip: If I had known beforehand, I probably would have changed something,” said the 26-year-old during the preparatory tournament at England’s Queen’s Club.

Roland-Garros came too early for the right-hander under the circumstances at the time after his injury (hand operation on the right batting hand).

“I understand that it’s a difficult matter for everyone, but I’ve been punished enough. I would have preferred that this decision had been made differently and perhaps also asked our players for their opinion,” he lamented, putting his point of view of things: “No one called us or asked for an opinion, it shouldn’t work that way.”