General Director of the Northern Palmyra Trophies tournament Alexander Medvedev told that some sponsors were taking a “short-sighted” stance by informally banning tennis players from playing in Russia.
Earlier, the general director of the Northern Palmyra Trophy organizing company, Natalia Kamelzon, told that tennis players Andrei Rublev, Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic had a positive view of the game in Russia, but would not participate in the tournament due to the risk of losing sponsors.
— A month ago, Natalia Kamelzon said that Rublev and Medvedev did not come to the tournament for fear of losing their sponsors.
“It would be stupid to turn a blind eye to obvious things.” Unfortunately, a number of sponsors are taking a short-sighted stance and hinting at the loss of contracts for tennis players. The tennis gods will punish them (the sponsors), Medvedev told .
Last year, Medvedev, Rublev and Djokovic also did not participate in the tournament in St. Petersburg.
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