On the eve of Tarpishchev arrogantly commented on the appeal of the first racket of Ukraine to the tennis community, in which she called for the complete removal of Russians and Belarusians from tournaments, who did not publicly condemn the armed aggression of their countries against Ukraine.

" Now we're playing, we're fine. It's stupid to react. Who is Svitolina? No one at all,"

After these words, the former American tennis player, ex-first racket of the world Andy Roddick volunteered to defend Elina.

. He advised the head of the Tennis Federation of the aggressor country to take a look in the mirror before assessing others.

" Statistics of wins and losses: 2-3. Not a single title (which is obvious). Elina Svitolina's statistics: 433-228, 16 single titles, personal best in the ranking - third position. I would ask him to define " Earlier, TSN Prosport reported that Russians and Belarusians were allowed to Roland Garros, but they delivered an ultimatum.