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Boulter beaten by Shnaider in Wuhan

Katie Boulter: British number one beaten by Diana Shnaider in Wuhan

Meanwhile, Russia and Belarus remain banned from competing in the Davis Cup and BJK Cup team competitions following a vote among World Tennis member nations on Tuesday.

The two countries were suspended by World Tennis - formerly known as the International Tennis Federation (ITF) - in March 2022 after Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, backed by its ally Belarus.

At the world governing body's annual general meeting in Kazakhstan, officials from 128 nations voted to keep the suspensions of the Russian Tennis Federation and the Belarus Tennis Federation in place.

The vote for the two nations to remain excluded from World Tennis competitions comes despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) no longer recommending international federations continue restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Players including French Open semi-finalist Shnaider, along with Russian former world number one Daniil Medvedev and Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka, will continue to play as neutrals under ATP and WTA rules.

Neither tour is planning to change their existing policy at this moment in time.

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