Former Ukrainian tennis player Alexander Dolgopolov shared his opinion on the removal of players from Russia and Belarus from Wimbledon, as well as the negative reaction to this step from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

" Russian players have not distanced themselves from their government, despite the fact that they have huge public influence. In my opinion, this justifies the fact that most of them support Putin, like about 70-80% of the Russian population.

It would be a kind of psychological abuse against Ukrainian players if they had to compete with other players who might support the killing and destruction of their own families..

Unfortunately, other than Wimbledon, the ATP doesn't seem to mind Ukrainians suffering because of the war.. In the end, they decided to protect the Russian and Belarusian players who did not speak out against the barbaric actions of their countries.. If the tennis world has chosen to have its hands covered in blood, then so be it,"

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We will remind, earlier Dolgopolov showed the hypocrisy of the main star of Russian tennis.