The warfare in Ukraine and the plight of its tennis gamers should be on the forefront of discussions at Wimbledon, not the Grand Slam’s resolution to reverse its ban on Russian and Belarusian gamers, former world No. 1 Andy Murray mentioned.

Wimbledon was the one Grand Slam to ban opponents from Russia and its ally Belarus in 2022 after the invasion, which Moscow calls a “particular operation,” however has mentioned they might return as neutrals this 12 months.

“What’s actually essential is to proceed to speak about what’s occurring in Ukraine now, not specializing in a number of tennis gamers and some athletes who could or could not be capable to play main sporting occasions,” Murray told the Tennis Majors website.

“It is a troublesome resolution for Wimbledon. The remainder of sport had gone in a very completely different route to them, which made it exhausting. However I do not assume this needs to be a lot about that.

“It is distracting just a little bit from truly what’s happening. You don’t need that to occur. You need the precise concern to be on the forefront of all of those discussions.”

A number of Ukrainian gamers have spoken about how troublesome it’s to proceed competing whereas their nation is at warfare.

“I’ve seen among the feminine gamers have spoken out about how troublesome they discovered it and perhaps felt like they might have had extra help by that,” Murray mentioned.

“You must perceive their perspective as properly, and never simply the gamers that weren’t allowed to play final 12 months.

“There are Ukrainian gamers whose households [are affected] and so they’re going by unbelievably troublesome instances. That is what’s essential.”