Ukrainian tennis player Ilya Marchenko successfully started at the tournament in Italy.

The Ukrainian in the first round in three games beat the Russian athlete Andrey Kuznetsov.

Marchenko lost in the first set 6:7, but then defeated his opponent with a score of 6:1, 6:3.

After the victory, Marchenko did not come to shake hands with the Russian. The Ukrainian thanked only the judge and immediately went to pick up 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.

At the WTA and ATP tennis tournaments, Russian and Belarusian athletes perform in a neutral status.

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Earlier it was reported that the best Russian tennis player intends to change citizenship due to the removal of Russians from the competition.