Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya explained why she had to quit her fourth round match against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina at Wimbledon. Her words were quoted Sports.ru.
“The problems with the brush were a big obstacle. Both on the serve and the first hit because my hand went a little bit numb after the serve. So it affected my game a lot. I thought it would go away but it didn’t. I wasn’t getting better so I decided to pull out,” he said.
The Russian athlete asked for help from doctors in the first set with a score of 3:4 for Rybakina. Kalinskaya was ill with her ankle. socialbites.ca followed the events of the match by message online publications duel.
In December 2023, the International Olympic Committee allowed Russia and Belarus to participate in the 2024 Olympics with neutral status. The 2024 Olympics will be held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August.
On March 6, the International Tennis Federation announced that it had decided to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in France under neutral status. The Russians and Belarusians will be eligible to compete in the 2024 Olympics if they adhere to the principles of neutral athletes previously formulated by the International Olympic Committee. However, Kalinskaya, who was accepted to the Games, refused to travel to Paris.
Previously Rybakina wish Rapid restoration of Kalinskaya.