Sabalenka labels Wimbledon ban as pointless as war continues: "What did change?"

Former Wimbledon semi-finalist branded the Wimbledon ban as pointless as she doesn't understand that the point of it was because nothing changed.

Sabalenka wasn't very vocal against Wimbledon as the ban was taking place but now spoke up against it calling it pointless. She explained nobody wants a war:

“This is really terrible because no one supports war – no one. The problem is that we have to speak loud about that ... but why should we scream about that in every corner? It’s not going to help at all. We have zero control under this situation."

She further questioned the ban by pointing out that it achieved nothing:

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“I’m just really disappointed sport is somehow in politics. We’re just athletes playing their sport. That’s it. We’re not about politics. If all of us could do something, we would do it, but we have zero control. They banned us from Wimbledon, and what did it change? Nothing – they’re still doing this, and this is the sad [part] of this situation.”

The former semi-finalist dropped over 1000 points because of the ban and it greatly impacted her ranking. She hopes that she can return in 2023 because not being able to play was very tough for her:

“It was a tough time. I was super disappointed with their decision. I had a great time in Miami, but I really missed the people because the atmosphere at Wimbledon is super amazing. You can feel these people really love tennis there, and I really miss them. I really hope that I’ll play there [in 2023], just because of the people, to feel this atmosphere. But if they’re going to ban us again; I don’t care about Wimbledon’s decision. The only thing I’ll miss is the people.”

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