Tennis
ATP: Ban for Russian teams, not for athletes
International tennis authorities and the administrations of the four Grand Slams have imposed severe sanctions on Russian teams for invading Ukraine, but these sanctions do not apply to athletes.
The tennis family as a whole imposed severe sanctions on Russia over the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine.
The institutions representing World Tennis, ITF, Tennis Europe, ATP, WTA and the administrations of the four Grand Slams (Grand Slams Board), have decided to exclude Russian national teams in all competitions and age groups to the last.
The same applies to Belarus, which played a supporting role in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Following this decision, Russia will not be able to defend its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) titles, while Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete in professional tournaments without having the Russian flag appear next to their names.
“The international tennis authorities are unanimous in their condemnation of Russia’s actions,” said the two professional tours and the four Grand Slams under the umbrella of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in a joint statement.
Tennis Europe followed, which excluded the federations of Russia and Belarus from the team championships it organized (Winter and Summer Cups, European Beach Tennis, Senior Club Championships), as well as the representation of the two countries at the U16 European Championships to be held in Moscow. A new headquarters is announced. At the same time, the two federations have been banned from the annual Tennis Europe conference, due to be held in Portugal in 2022.
The decision of the international bodies came shortly after the announcement of the cancellation of all tennis events that were to take place in Russia.
The three measures of the associations:
- ATP and WTA have decided to postpone the Moscow combined tournament, which is scheduled for October.
- The ITF has decided to suspend its membership of the Russian Tennis Federation and the Belarusian Tennis Federation and to withdraw from national competitions. Of course, all planned ITF tournaments in Russia and Belarus have also been cancelled.
- From now on, athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to participate in tennis events, but they will not compete under the flag and name of their countries.
source: tennis24
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Tennis
Rybakina and Rublev beat the Vachereau/Schwentek duo in the World Tennis Continental Cup match in China
Elena Rybakina and Andrey Rublev / Photo: © Zhe Ji / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The Russian-Kazakh duo Andrey Rublev/Elena Rybakina beat the representative of Monaco, Valentin Vachereau and Iga Szwiatek from Poland in the World Tennis Continental Cup match, which takes place in Shenzhen (China).
The meeting ended with the victory of Rublev and Rybakina representing the world team – 6:4, 6:4. Team World beats Team Europe 5–4.
In the final match of the tournament, Andrei Rublev will meet with Italian Flavio Cobolli. The game will take place on Sunday, December 28 at 18:45 local time.
The tournament takes place December 26–28. The eight participants are divided into two teams: Team Europe and Team World. Each player will play two singles matches, and two doubles matches will also be played.
Source: Sportbox
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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.
Source: Sportbox
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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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Source: Sport UA
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