Russians and Belarusians will likely be permitted to play Wimbledon and the British grass-court season.

After lifting its ban on Russians and Belarusians, the LTA is looking for a monetary break from the ATP.

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Last yr, the ATP imposed a significant $1 million superb in response to the LTA banning Russian and Belarusian gamers from British grass-court tournaments final summer season.

The ATP hit the LTA with the $1 million superb consisting of a $200,000 superb for every of the 5 grass-court tournaments—Queen's Club, Eastbourne, Surbiton, Nottingham and Ilkley. The ATP additionally fired a warning shot saying if the LTA took comparable motion in 2023, then it runs the chance of dropping its Tour membership.

Given the LTA has lifted the ban, it is now requesting a lowered superb from the ATP.

"We made representations to them in respect of wanting them to reconsider the outcome of the decision, in light of the solution we have found," LTA Chief Scott Lloyd instructed Daily Mail. "We are awaiting any response. It does mean there’s activity elsewhere that we’ve had to slightly pull back from.

"I’d wish to assume the extent of respect between the organizations has been enhanced, as a result of we’ve had much more interplay on some tough matters and labored our approach by way of them collectively."

The WTA hit the LTA with a $750,000 superb on July 4th for banning Russian and Belarusian gamers from girls's occasions in Birmingham, Nottingham and Eastbourne. The LTA negotiated a revised settlement with the WTA that reduces the superb in half and hopes to achieve an identical settlement with the ATP.

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