Unfortunately, the climate around the ban of Russian and Belarusian tennis players from Wimbledon is heating up even more. On the sports site MetaRacing it is Shamil Tarpishev, historic president of the federtennis and captain of the Russian Davis Cup, to attack hard Elina Svitolina, the Ukrainian top ten who has expressed himself harshly on the Russian invasion of her country, and who has asked that at Wimbledon the Russians are allowed, but only if they openly take sides against Putin. “You don’t need to listen to what he says, and it’s not just my opinion, but what the lawyers think as well,” Tarpishev said. «We are playing, everything is fine for us. Reacting is stupid. Who is Svitolina? Absolutely none ».
In recent weeks, both Djokovic and Nadal have spoken out against the Wimbledon decision, although Rafa has explained that he understands the reasons.
“The players and the Russian federation are grateful to those who defended our athletes, the support of tennis players is important, I think everyone should be in favor of healthy competition in sport.”
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