Tennis
A PHOTO. Russian flag at the Aus Open against Ukraine. Ambassador and Kostyuk’s reaction
On Monday, January 16, the 1/64th final match of the Australian Open 2023 was held between Ukrainian tennis player Katerina Bindl and Russian Federation representative Kamilla Rakhimova. The fight ended in three sets 7:5, 6:7 (8:10), 6:1 in favor of the Ukrainian.
During the match, Rakhimova’s fans decided that they had the right to demonstrate. Russia flag. And this is the 11th month of the war launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine! But the most interesting thing is that the organizers of the tournament accepted this as the norm and did not interfere in any way with the hasty.
Naturally, the representatives of tennis in Ukraine could not help but react to such an event. Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Vasily Miroshnichenko He wrote on Twitter:
“I strongly condemn the public display of the Russian flag during the match of Ukrainian tennis player Katerina Bindl today at the Australian Open. I urge Tennis Australia to immediately implement its “neutral flag” policy.
Ukraine’s second racket also left a short comment Martha Kostyuk:
“No words .. just 🤯🤯🤯”.
No official statement has been made so far from the organizers of the Australian Major.
I strongly condemn the public display of the Russian flag during the match of Ukrainian tennis player Kateryna Baindl at the Australian Open today. I urge Tennis Australia to implement the “neutral flag” policy immediately. @TennisAustralia @Australia Open pic.twitter.com/zw8pLN4FIF
— Vasil Miroshchenko (@AmbVasyl) January 16, 2023
No words.. just 🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/0LjiA6Bx16
— Marta Kostyuk (@marta_kostyuk) January 16, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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