Tennis
The Georgian was outraged by the discrimination against Medvedev. The male act of a tennis player!
Basilashvili corrected a small but rather offensive injustice. And Danya did not spare the opponent.
Against the backdrop of repeated provocations and disdain for Russian athletes at international competitions, you do not expect to see the manifestation of the most ordinary human solidarity that goes beyond politics and national discrimination.
However, there are exceptions. And sometimes they become not only unexpected, but even very pleasant. At the Erste Bank Open tennis tournament match in Vienna, the first racket of Georgia, Nikoloz Basilashvili, supported the first racket of Russia, Daniil Medvedev.
A real man’s act from Nikoloz!
Closed your name
Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili, who is the winner of five ATP tournaments in singles and the first racket of Georgia, covered his name on the scoreboard with a towel during a meeting with Daniil Medvedev. Apparently, Nikoloz did this as a sign of solidarity with the Russian athlete.
The match between the Georgian and the Russian was held in Vienna as part of the 1/16 finals of the Erste Bank Open. Daniil, despite all the doubts about his form after the recent removal from the ATP tournament in Astana, confidently defeated his opponent with a score of 2:0 (6:2, 6:2). Medvedev dealt with Basilashvili in just an hour.
From the start, the Russian attacked the opponent and after a few minutes led 3:0. In the future, Daniil confidently took his serves and created serious problems for the opponent on someone else’s. He ended up making four breaks with ten aces and two double faults.
The meeting of athletes would hardly have attracted special attention of the fans, if not for the act of the Georgian. According to the tradition of this tournament, the names of the players are written in their native language, but the name of the Russian tennis player, quite expectedly, was indicated in Latin. The name and surname of Basilashvili were highlighted in Georgian.
During one of the breaks, Nikoloz drew attention to this small, but still unpleasant injustice: the Georgian tennis player covered the screen on which his name was displayed with a black towel, and then continued the match. Basilashvili’s act causes great respect, but at the same time fears because of the possible persecution of Nikoloz at home. Let’s hope that the wave of hate will still bypass the Georgian athlete.
Source: Sportbox
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Saying goodbye to professional tennis in 2025 retired 27 players.
The most famous are Richard Gasquet, Fabio Fognini, Fernando Verdasco, Vasek Pospisil and Diego Schwartzman.
Ukrainian Vladislav Manafov He did not compete at the professional level for the entire year but did not announce his retirement.
He completed his professional career
Grégoire Barrere- Richardas Berankis
- Rohan Bopanna
- Pedro Cachin
- Salvatore Caruso
- Marius Kopil
- Marcus Daniell
- Ivan Dodig
- kyle edmund
- Ernesto Escobedo
- Christopher Eubanks
- Jonathan Esserick
- Fabio Fognini
- Richard Gasquet
- Martin Klizan
- Denis Kudla
- Gianluca the Wizard
- Nicolas Mahut
- Matve Middelkop
- Dennis Novak
- Vašek Pospisil
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Tim van Ruythoven
- Luke Saville
- Diego Schwartzman
- Fernando Verdasco
Tennis players who did not play during 2025 but did not announce their retirement
- André Begemann
- 🏳️ Teimuraz Gabashvili
- Fred Gil
- Emilio Gomez
- Marcel Ilhan
- 🏳️ Andrey Kuznetsov
- Juan Ignacio Londero
- Vladislav Manafov
- Fabrice Martin
- Gerald Meltzer
- Gonzalo Oliveira*
- Max Purcell**
- Milos Raonic
- Hunter Reese
- Blaj Rola
- Tennis Sandgren
- Weissborn himself
*– Oliveira was banned for using methamphetamine
** – Purcell was disqualified for use of prohibited substances
Source: Sport UA
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13 former tennis players have already announced their careers in 2025. end of career.
The most famous of the girls listed below are Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia.
Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko He has not played professionally since the fall of 2024, when he played for the Ukrainian national team in the KBDK Playoffs. Lesya did not announce the end of her career.
- Ysaline Bonaventure
- Eugenie Bouchard
- Alize Kornet
- Lauren Davis
- Andrea Gamis
- caroline garcía
- Simona Halep
- Michaela Krajicek
- Petra Kvitova
- Akiko Ohmae
- Bibiana Schofs
- Wang Qiang
- Yanina Wickmayer
Tennis players who did not play all year but did not announce their retirement
- Kaia Sofa
- Lesya Tsurenko
Tennis players who took a break from their careers due to motherhood
- Ounce Jabeur
- Daria Saville
- Anna Carolina Shmidlova
- Caroline Wozniacki
Source: Sport UA
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On Monday, December 29, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) last updated the rating in 2025.
As in principle, there have been no significant changes since the end of the Final Tournament in November.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season on top. Also in the top 5 were Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina.
As for Ukrainian women, the country’s best tennis player in 2025 is 14th-ranked Elina Svitolina. She is followed by Marta Kostyuk (26th) and Dayana Yastremskaya (27th). Alexandra Oleynikova also entered the top 100 at number 96.
There are six more representatives of Ukraine in the top 500: Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur, Anastasia Soboleva, Veronika Podrez and Katarina Zavatskaya.
The new season starts on January 2 – the United Cup team tournament will be held in Perth and Sydney, Australia. And on the 5th, the WTA 500 tournaments will start in Brisbane and the WTA 250 tournaments in Auckland. Sisters Kostyuk, Yastremskaya and Kichenok will play in Brisbane, while Svitolina and Starodubtseva will play in Auckland.
Ukrainian women in WTA singles rankings
Ukrainian women in WTA double the rankings
Source: Sport UA
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