Tennis
Svitolina plays in Monterrey, the organizers have agreed on its terms
The WTA accepted the terms set by Elina Svitolina and will play Anastasia Potapova as normal for the first round of the Open in Monterrey.
As everything shows, the pressure that Elina Svitolina put on the organizers, but also on the WTA and her threat to leave the Abierto GNP Seguros Open tournament, with Ukraine ready to play on Tuesday (1/3) against Ukraine held Russian Anastasia Potapova.
On Monday, the world No. 15 announced via her personal social media accounts that she will not fight Potapova following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine said in a statement that they had nothing to do with their opponent, but called on the WTA to follow the International Olympic Committee’s recommendations to reclassify Russian and Belarusian players as neutral athletes and called for all national symbols to be removed. flags and anthems.
“I don’t blame any of the Russian athletes. You are not responsible for the invasion of my homeland. In addition, I would like to pay tribute to all players, especially the Russians and Belarusians, who bravely declared their position against the war. Your support is essential.” Said Svitolina about it.
According to these statements, there seems to be a new development as a Ukrainian source indicated that an agreement has already been reached between Svitolina and the organizers for the match.
There has not yet been an official announcement from the WTA, which has not yet commented on Svitolina’s statements. In a short time, however, the Russian flag was removed from the official website and from the WTA bids for a few hours before returning.
Svitolina then confirmed that the game against Potapova will take place according to the conditions mentioned in Monday’s statement. In addition, the name of Ukraine remains in the tables in the Tuesday program.
“It’s all agreed. The staff responsible for broadcasting the game, as well as those responsible for the game, confirmed that all flags and Russian insignia will be removed during the game‘ he stressed.
The truth is that in a short time the tennis authorities will be under pressure again and will have to clarify their position on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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