Wimbledon faces calls to lose ranking points

The world’s leading male players have called for rankings points to be withdrawn from Wimbledon this summer, in a major escalation of the row over the All England Club’s ban of Russian and Belarusian players, Telegraph Sport understands. If ratified over the next 24 to 48 hours by the ATP board, this would be a provocative response to what All England Club chairman Ian Hewitt recently called “the most responsible decision possible in the circumstances”.