Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko believes that the decision not to allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in the Wimbledon tournament has had no effect on the international situation.
In the spring of 2022, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced that Russian and Belarusian tennis players were banned from playing Wimbledon and other tournaments in the UK in because of the situation in Ukraine. . Subsequently, it became known that Wimbledon organizers were considering the possibility of allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the tournament in 2023.
— I am very disappointed that sport is somehow affected by politics. We are just athletes doing our job. That’s all. We have nothing to do with politics. If we all could do something, we would, but we have no control over anything.
They banned us from Wimbledon, and what difference did that make? Nothing, and that’s the sad (part) of this situation.
(During Wimbledon) I had a great time in Miami, but I really missed the crowd, because the atmosphere at Wimbledon is amazing. We feel that these spectators there really love tennis, I miss them a lot. I really hope to play there (in 2023) just to feel that vibe. But if we are suspended again, I will not care about the decision of the organizers, said ESPN citing Sobolenko.
Russian and Belarusian tennis players are allowed to compete in a neutral status by ATP and WTA decisions.
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Source : MatchTV
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