State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev commented to socialbites.ca that Russian tennis players should not be afraid of a possible boycott after Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused to play in the final of the exhibition tournament held in the French Bourg-de-Page with Russian Mirra. Andreeva.
“Unlikely. The tennis community decided a long time ago – by the way, for the first time – that Russian tennis players should participate. There for a long time no one has violated the right to participate in the largest and in general all tournaments. And professional in children and adults. Therefore any “I don’t think there will be any questions. We can be quite calm about the participation of our athletes in tennis competitions. I recently met Shamil Tarpishchev and he showed me that last year we won more than five hundred victories in various international tournaments of all levels! – Svishchev emphasized.
Ukrainian Kostyuk first accepted the organizers’ invitation to play with Andreeva in the final of the exhibition tournament, replacing the injured Croatian Donna Vekic, but later refused, attributing this refusal to the “geopolitical situation in Ukraine”.
Previously in the name Ukrainian tennis player Kostyuk should not be allowed to participate in international tournaments.