symbols or actions backing russia and belarus from anyone including players and fansflags of the two countries were banned at this years australian open following a complaint from ukraines ambassador to the nationwimbledon was the only major to ban competitors from russia and belarus which is a staging area for the invasionhewitt said the aeltc would respond if circumstances changed between now and the commencement of the tournament on july 3players from the two nations have been competing on the tours and at the other slams as individual athletes without national affiliationtwo russians feature in the top 10 of the mens rankings daniil medvedev 5 and andrey rublev 7 both players have previously called for peace to prevailamong the women belarusian aryna sabalenka is second in the world and she also won the australian open earlier this year to become the first neutral grand slam champion russias daria kasatkina is eighth in the world