“After World War Two, German players were not allowed as well as Japanese and Italian (players), and I feel like this kind of thing would show the Russian government that maybe its not worth it,” Poland’s Swiatek told the BBC on Wednesday. “We are just athletes, a little piece in the world, but sport is pretty important and sport has always been used for propaganda … Tennis, from the beginning, could do a bit better in showing everybody that tennis players are against the war. “Tennis didn’t really go that way, but now it would be pretty unfair for Russian and Belarusian players to do that because this decision was supposed to be made a year ago.” Russian and Belarusian players have been competing on the tours and at the other Grand Slams as neutral athletes.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who won this year’s Australian Open, has said she struggled to understand the “hate” in the locker room. Swiatek described the locker room atmosphere as “pretty tense”. “It’s not their fault they have a passport like that … their situation is pretty complicated and it’s hard for them to speak out loud about it,” the 21-year-old said. “On the other hand, we all have some kind of impact and anything that would help stop the Russian aggression, we should go that way in terms of the decisions the federations are making.”
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has paid glowing tributes to senior Hurriyat leader, Muhammad Ashraf…
Pakistan Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi spoke highly of the extensive global cooperation on China's…
President of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Atif Ikram Sheikh met with…
Leader of Businessman Forum (BF), former Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour described retaining policy rate at…
The Enforcement Team of Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) conducted a field operation against single-use…
In a commendable display of efficiency, Manshera Police Saturday apprehended the killers of police officer…
Leave a Comment