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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Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva beat the representative of the Philippines Alexandra Eala in the match of the MGM Tennis Masters exhibition tournament, which takes place in Macau.
The meeting ended with Andreeva’s victory with a score of 6:4, 6:2.
The result of the match guaranteed victory for Conchita Martinez’s team, for which the Russian plays, over Li Na’s team. Team Martinez is also represented by Chinese Wu Yibing and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The tournament takes place from December 27 to 28.
Andreeva is the winner of three WTA tournaments in singles and two in doubles, Olympic silver medalist in pairs, semi-finalist at Roland Garros 2024. Currently, the athlete ranks ninth in the WTA rankings.
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On December 28, there will be an exhibition match between the world’s first rackets in women’s singles. Arina Sabalenko Finalist at Wimbledon 2022 Nick Kyrgios from Australia.
The so-called “Battle of the Sexes” will take place at the arena in Dubai (UAE) and will start at around 18:00 Kiev time on Sunday.
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The winner will be the person who wins two sets. In the event of a change of game, a tiebreaker of up to 10 points will be determined.
Some changes have been made to the fighting rules. First, each person will only have one attempt to send. Secondly, Sabalenka’s court side will be shortened by 9%.
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tennis legend Billie Jean King He stated that the “Battle of the Sexes” match was played between Arina Sabalenko And Nick Kyrgios It’s “not the same” as his breakthrough reunion with Bobby Riggs.
American King defeated self-proclaimed chauvinist Riggs 6:4, 6:3, 6:3 in a $100,000 winner-take-all match in Houston in September 1973.
An estimated 90 million people worldwide watched the 29-year-old King win the bo5 match against the 55-year-old former Wimbledon and US Open singles champion. The fight is considered an important part of the women’s rights movement and the fight for equality in sports.
World number one Sabalenka, 27, will face Wimbledon 2022 finalist Kyrgios, 30, on December 28 in Dubai. The name of the match was “Battle of the Sexes”.
When asked if he saw any similarities between the matches, King said:
“The only similarity is that one is a man and the other is a woman. That’s it. Everything else is not like that. Our match was about social change, it was about the cultural context of 1973. This match is not about that. I hope the match is great and of course I want Sabalenka to win, but it’s not the same thing.”
Some see the match between four-time Grand Slam singles champion Sabalenka and former world No. 13 Kyrgios as harmless fun, but others believe Sabalenka’s defeat could devalue women’s tennis.
The exhibition match will be played over two sets won and if necessary (1-1 in games) a tiebreaker will be decided up to 10 points.
Each player will serve only once, and Sabalenka’s side of the court will be 9% smaller. Tournament organizers Evolve said women moved around the course an average of 9% slower than men, so it was decided to shorten Arina’s portion of the course.
“I played three bo5 sets with Bobby, on normal court, and didn’t change a thing,” King recalls. “I either play under equal conditions, or I don’t play at all,” I said. And Bobby loved it.”
King’s match came months after Riggs, who died in 1995 aged 77, beat world number one Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Battle of the Sexes series.
The match took place the same year King founded the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and three years after a group of players known as the “Original Nine” left the tennis body.
The match also took place during the passage of Title IX legislation in the United States, which prohibits gender discrimination in all schools and educational programs and guarantees equal conditions, opportunities, and support for men’s and women’s sports teams.
“My match was really political. It was a very difficult time culturally,” King, 82, added. “I knew I had to defeat him for social change.” “I had many reasons to win.”
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