Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev After defeating Alexander Zverev (Germany) in the semi-finals of the ATP 500 series tournament held in Dubai (UAE), he wrote “Tsoi is alive” on camera. During the interview, he was asked about this inscription and was also asked about the war Russia started in Ukraine:

– Considering the war and the situation in Ukraine, I would like to ask how the past year has been for you psychologically. Did it affect you? We’ve heard a lot about Ukrainian players… You’re banned from playing at Wimbledon. Can you talk about how it was for you?

– I want to say that I have made a lot of statements on this subject. Of course it was difficult. It’s hard to talk about because – how to say – even if you’re just trying to play tennis or something, keep training and all this, you know it’s affecting you, even if you’re not a part of it. participatory or something, but it still influences a lot.

You can’t pretend like nothing is happening because it’s scary. As I said from the beginning, it’s crazy that so many ordinary people suffer, die. This is not easy. It is not easy for this to happen in our time when we all have cell phones, internet, social networks. There are kids, they just want to make TikTok. After all, it all happens at the same time. It’s just hard to understand.

Of course it is. It doesn’t matter if you try to do other things. All I can hope for is peace in all countries soon. It doesn’t matter what it is. I hope there will be peace in our countries. I hope there will be peace in other countries where there are currently wars. It’s terrible that things like this can happen in our time, in this generation.

– Can you tell us what you wrote on the camera after the match?

– Tsoi is alive. This is one of the artists of the past generation, who, in my opinion, had a great influence in the USSR, because his voice was so strong. Simply, in principle, there was no easy time there. At that time I was not yet born, but it was not easy back then.

In the final of the tournament, Rublev will face Daniil Medvedev.