Wheelchair Tennis Boss Awarded Damages for Refusing ‘Hard Line’ COVID Policy

Ground staff practice moving the covers on the outside courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London on July 2, 2023. John Walton/PA via AP

A wheelchair tennis executive who was sacked after she refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine despite the government ending nearly all restrictions at the time has been awarded damages.

An employment tribunal in London has awarded Sarah Synan over £27,000 from the governing body for tennis the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after being unfairly dismissed over their vaccine policy.