Russian Daniil Medvedev, the world’s first racket, admitted that he regrets the current situation of Ukrainian players after Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko refused to play against Belarus representative Arina Sobolenko at the tournament held at Indian Wells.
“First of all, I absolutely feel sorry for all Ukrainian players for what they went through. I do not know in detail the situation with Tsurenko. That’s a question for him, and maybe a little bit for Sobolenko, because I only learned about it the next day.
Speaking of top players, of course we have a responsibility and it depends on how each person individually deals with it,” Medvedev said. Sports Keeda.
Recall that Tsurenko announced her refusal with a panic attack after a meeting with one of the leaders of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) about the admission of the Russians. Sobolenko went further, defeating Barbora Kreychikova (Czech Republic) and Corey Gauff (USA) after his opponent refused. The Belarusian player will play with Maria Sakkari (Greece) in the semi-finals.
Formerly Andrey Chesnokov Ukrainian tennis player accused Lesya Tsurenko of “dirty lies”.