“The strange behavior of the tournament organizers in Poland. Pure marketing that has nothing to do with sports” – Svishchev

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev described as strange the behavior of the organizers of the tennis tournament in Poland, who recommended that Russian athletes not apply to participate in the competitions.

The website for the Challenger Series tournament in Grodzisk-Mazowiecki says the performance of Russians and Belarusians is not welcome and access to participation if they apply is not guaranteed. The tournament will take place from August 14 to 19.

— The strange behavior of the Polish organizers. Local tournament, which is not in the list of top tournaments and takes place in the countryside. There’s nothing wrong with our athletes not falling for it, no. By the way, I’m not sure any of our athletes have planned to go. With this statement, the organizers want to arouse interest in their competitions, draw attention to them. Because, probably, nobody needs him and is not interested. He’s not even in the top 100 of European tournaments.

Maybe novice athletes planned to go there, but the elite of our tennis – definitely not. The hype was a success, a marketing ploy. Yes, pure marketing that has nothing to do with sport. Our stars are busy with other tournaments, and the Poles have achieved their goal, – RT quotes Svishchev.

Later, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of Poland stated that it had no legal possibility to influence the composition of participants in tournaments under the auspices of the ATP and WTA.

In March, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international federations, if Russians are allowed to start, do so individually, in a neutral status, without participating in team events, and also exclude the participation of Russians. athletes associated with law enforcement.

TR