State Duma deputy, Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova, announced that a panic attack occurred in Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko. After discussing with one of the WTA leaders about accepting the Russians, the athlete said that she did not attend the third round match of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament with Belarusian Arina Sabalenko due to a panic attack.
“Why do they have a panic attack? They don’t know what kind of threat to watch after entering a match like this. God forbid they shake hands, God forbid something else happens. People have brought it to a point where these poor athletes don’t understand what to do anymore. An athlete can be put in a situation where they are afraid of going to the match. It’s not normal because she understands that she will be sentenced for it,” Zhurova explains. “Sports Express”.
Now Russians and Ukrainians are taking part in the tournament at Indian Wells.
Two Russians remained in the tournament – Daria Kasatkina and Varvara Gracheva. They will face each other on March 14 in the third round. All representatives of Ukraine have already left the tournament after Tsurenko’s refusal.
It was previously reported that In Poland, Russian tennis player Anastasia Potapova was accused of provocation for wearing a Spartak T-shirt..