The Estonian authorities did not allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete in the country, BTU reports..

A letter with this information from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) was received by players from these countries who planned to play at the ITF W25 tournament in the Estonian city of Parnu. The championship will start on August 8.

On this occasion, the Russian tennis player Elina Zakharova was outraged in social networks, who was deleted from the list of participants:.

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Remember this when you say how bad it is to discriminate against someone.. Sports should be out of politics"

It is worth noting that in July, a similar decision was made by the Latvian authorities against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, which was informed by Russian tennis players who wanted to play at the ITF Liepaja Open tournament..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian tennis player, after defeating the Russian, did not shake his hand..