Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova talked about her relationship with her Ukrainian rivals during the tours.
“To be honest, 90% of Ukrainian players don’t greet me. It doesn’t bother me because now I know what’s going on in their country. In the end, we are only people and only players, me and many other Russian tennis players do not live in Russia. But I put myself in their shoes and imagine how hard it is for them now. We tried to use tennis as a uniting tool, we sent many offers from ATP and WTA but they were all rejected. There’s a lot of hate around, but I don’t blame them,” Samsonova quotes sporface.it
Lyudmila Samsonova is in 18th place in the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). Pole Iga Sventek continues to lead. It has 8975 points. In the second place is the representative of Belarus Arina Sobolenko (6891 points), the top three are closed by Jessica Pegula (5735 points). The best of the Russians remains Daria Kasatkina, she is in eighth place. Also in the top 20, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Ekaterina Alexandrova are placed 13th and 17th, respectively.
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