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SW19 Former champions Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are already hard at work on their third Grand Slam of the season at Wimbledon. Djokovic, Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka are among the stars spotted training on the sacred grass. Djokovic becomes Wimbledon men's seed in the absence of Medvedev, Zverev Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will play in the men's next week, with world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev suspended and Germany No. 2 Alexander Zverev injured. Organizers of the grass-court Grand slam organizers have banned players from Russia and Belarus from participating in this year's Wimbledon tennis tournament in what Russia called a "special operation" after Moscow's invasion of Moscow. This month, Zverev suffered a torn ankle ligament in his right ankle when he was forced to stop in the French Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal. Djokovic was unable to defend his 2021 Australian Open title and 2,000 ranking points because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19, having recently lost his number 1 position in the world to Medvedev. The Serb, who has won the last three majors on grass, will slide further down the rankings after Wimbledon as he loses another 2,000 points with the ATP and WTA stripped of game points.