The ATP and WTA tours had allowed athletes to continue performing and they will be able to enter the French Open, starting in 11 days time.

But the All England Club, which runs Wimbledon, decided to make an independent decision away from the two main tours and ban the athletes.

The LTA then followed suit and banned them from all the grass court warm up competitions in the UK, such as the Cinch Championship’s, at Queen’s Club, and the Rothesay International in Eastbourne.

That could mean a slew of players backing out of playing in the lesser tournaments, in favour of competing in other grass court tournaments in Germany and the rest of Europe.

In turn that would reduce the amount of interest in the tournaments in England, both live and on the television, with highly ranked players such as Matteo Berrettini, Casper Rudd and Carlos Alcaraz, all currently signed up to play Queen’s, potentially backing out.

The player’s representatives on the ATP are particularly inclined to take a hard line on Wimbledon, which wouldn’t be affected by any pull outs due to the prize money and stature still on offer.

It would still be a blow to the tournament at SW19 however, with it rendered a very high profile exhibition for at least the current year.

No decision has been made by the ATP as yet, although it could be early as sometime this week, and the women’s WTA would likely follow with the same decision.

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