Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko did not enter the match of the tournament in Indian Wells against the second racket of the world Arina Sobolenko from Belarus because of the WTA position on Russian athletes.

" He told me that he himself does not support the war, but if the players from Russia and Belarus support it, then this is only their own opinion, and the opinion of other people should not upset me. In addition, he expressed confidence that the Russians and Belarusians would return to the Olympics and said that this would happen exactly as it is happening now in tennis..

When asked if he understood that he was telling me this during the active phase of Russia's military aggression in my country, he said yes, and this is his opinion.. I was absolutely shocked by this conversation, and already in the last game it was incredibly difficult to play, difficult to pack up and today, when it was time to go to the court, I had a panic attack and I just couldn’t go there. I just do not understand how it happened in this world that such things need to be explained..

It is very surprising and very painful,"

Recall that on February 24 last year, 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.

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Earlier it was reported that Svitolina criticized the ATP and WTA because of the admission of the Russians.