Russia’s honored coach Viktor Yanchuk called the decision of the organizers of the tennis tournament in Poland, which recommended that Russian athletes not apply to participate in the competition, a political one.
The website for the Challenger Series tournament in Grodzisk-Mazowiecki says the performance of Russians and Belarusians is not welcome and their access to participation in the competition is not guaranteed. The tournament will take place from August 14 to 19.
– The same Brits did the same thing last year (Wimblelon 2022. – editor’s note), but this year they corrected their mistake. This was influenced by the global tennis community. The ATP deprived Wimbledon of ranking points due to the non-admission of our athletes, thus punishing them very seriously, and this year the Russians were allowed to compete. What the Poles are doing is a dirty, provocative and discriminatory position. These are political motives and nothing else. Direct interference in the sport, and not at a serious level, because the tournament is of lower rank. What to do? Such are the Poles, and one must know them, treat them accordingly. It’s not sports, it doesn’t smell good here, which means the decisions should be different. The reaction of condemnation from international organizations. The international society is against the non-admission of Russians and Belarusians. We have to rely on them, but the Poles don’t care: the tournament is small – they do what they want,” RT Yanchuk quotes.
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.
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