On social networks, the world’s first racket Iga Sventek turned to the owner of the Golden Ball of the former coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko and the Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina and thanked them for participating in a charity match in Krakow, Poland. participation.
“Thanks for being here Agnieszka Radwańska, Sergei Stakhovsky, Andrei, Elina. Together we have helped many children and young people, not just them. We reminded the world of what happened in Ukraine,” wrote Sventek.
It should be noted that Andriy Shevchenko was the guest of honor of the event, and Svitolina was the judge of the tower.
Recall that in April the organizers of Wimbledon refused the admission of Russian and Belarusian tennis players to the competition. Also, players from these countries are banned from playing in turf tournaments under the auspices of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in England.
A month before the start of the tournament, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that they would not award points to Wimbledon participants due to the non-admission of Russians and Belarusians. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) also joined them.
Formerly Elina Svitolina criticized The WTA and ATP, in his view, do very little with regard to Ukrainian players.