Ukrainian tennis player Ilya Marchenko defeated Russian player Alexei Vatutin in the qualifying match of the Challenger series tournament in Oeiras, Portugal.

The Ukrainian got a difficult victory in two sets 6:4, 7:6 (7:2), and at the end of the meeting, Ilya thanked the referee for the work, but instead of going to the net and shaking hands with his opponent, he went to his things.

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

After that, Russian sports began to plunge into complete isolation.. There are practically no federations left that have not excluded the Russians from their competitions.

Russian and Belarusian tennis players and tennis players compete under a neutral flag at WTA and ATP tournaments, and they are denied access to some competitions.

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Earlier it was reported that the legendary tennis player unexpectedly decided to support Russian athletes.