Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko has criticized the head of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Steve Simon, for changing her position on Russian support.
“A year ago, Steve Simon told us that if a player supports Russia’s actions, sanctions will be imposed. Then, a year later, she completely changed her stance and said that it’s okay to support what’s going on. It really shocked me, I couldn’t get over it.
The WTA and the Olympic Committee look at this sport only from the perspective of Russian and Belarusian rights, completely ignoring the violation of the rights of Ukrainians,” Tsurenko said. tenniscurrent.
Recall that Russian tennis players performed at international tournaments as neutral athletes. The only tournament the Russians missed was Wimbledon 2022. They returned it this year.
Last year, Wimbledon organizers refused to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete. In addition, players from these countries are banned from playing in lawn tournaments held under the auspices of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in England.
It was previously reported that Ukrainian woman Elina Svitolina, who did not shake hands with Russian woman Blinkova, thanked her..