Sky News's video: Wimbledon stripped of ranking points for banning Russian players

Wimbledon has been stripped of its world ranking points following its decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from the tournament. World tennis authorities said the move undermined the fundamental principle of players qualifying on merit, with the ATP stating that "discrimination by individual tournaments is simply not viable". The organisers of Wimbledon announced the ban in April due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí https://www.youtube.com/channel/skyne... Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYg... To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales