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Wimbledon’s row with the international tennis authorities over their ban on Russian players has escalated with the British game hit by an extraordinary series of fines totalling $1million.
Sportsmail has learned that the WTA has secretly fined the Lawn Tennis Association and the All England Club £620,000 and £207,000 respectively as a punishment for excluding Russian and Belarusian players from the warm-up tournaments in Eastbourne, Nottingham and Birmingham.
The All England Club, who run Wimbledon, and the LTA are set to appeal with the backing of the British Government, who reacted angrily last night when informed of the fines.
Russian athletes such as Daniil Medvedev were banned from featuring at Wimbledon 2022
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