The fourth racket of Ukraine Alexandra Oleynikova (No. 46 WTA) sharply criticized some of her compatriots playing on the world tour. The reason was the participation of Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina (No. 46 WTA) in the US Open doubles together with Hungarian Anna Bondar, who played in tournaments in Russia in 2022.

Oleynikova published an emotional statement on social networks, where she called Russian athletes part of the “bloody system”, and foreign athletes competing in Russian competitions as conscious participants in this system.

The tennis player drew attention to the fact that the appearance of a Ukrainian woman in the same pair with such an athlete did not cause a noticeable reaction in the Ukrainian tennis community. According to her, discussion of such issues is quickly giving way to conversations about results and achievements on the court.

Oleynikova also questioned the thesis that sporting success in itself is a sufficient contribution to supporting the country.

“It’s not about Chergove, “I fought for Ukraine on the court”. This phrase works like an endless pronunciation: say a few times and you can move on. I'm talking about speeches that are much easier than dying. “To “represent Ukraine” at once means that other people will pay for part of your comfortable today,” Oleynikova said..

In addition, the tennis player said that the number of Ukrainian women in the top 100 of the world ranking is not the main indicator.

\! Ale - how much of this public resource REALLY goes to the edge? And from here, instead of beautiful words, even ugly arithmetic begins. How many spare parts for drones have been purchased to replace one heck of a lot of tennis luxury How many generators for the ZSU have been added to a simple, or even direct, link to the audience in social media - help with microdonation? "

In her opinion, it is not only the results that matter, but also how athletes use their influence and public potential.

“You can get ten Ukrainians in the Top-100 and set a bunch of records - but that’s all you can do if your popularity, money and voice are also a resource. These are millions for the Ukrainian military, which were NOT collected,” the athlete added. Concluding the publication, Oleynikova ironically described the attitude of critics to her position with the phrase: “The radical is sold out, everyone is fine, you don’t understand? "

Note that the WTA threatened the athlete with disqualification after she harshly criticized the first racket of the world Aryna Sabalenka and the Russians who support the aggression of the Russian Federation.

Before this, our compatriot told how the WTA openly mocked her.

In April, Alexandra successfully made her debut for the Ukrainian national team, achieving the first victory in her career as part of the “blue-yellows”.

The tennis player was born in Kyiv and continues to live and train in Ukraine even during the war. Her father, Denis Oleynikov, works as a trainer and serves in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.