The tennis player from the Russian Federation rushed to Kvitova for words about the expulsion of the Russians from the Olympics.

Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova On her blog on one of the Russian sites, she wrote an entire article dedicated to Petra Kvitova, or rather, her words that athletes from a terrorist country should not participate in the 2024 Olympic Games:

“I was very surprised by such a statement because it can be looked at from different angles and angles.

If we talk about the Olympics, even then [глава МОК] Thomas Bach said that sport should stay out of politics. It is already clear that everything is messed up and that athletes are now responsible for political actions. But Russian athletes try to stay out of it, just play and do their job.

Rybakina is also from Russia, she just changed her passport. But he can play. Although her essence has not changed, she is also Russian.

We have absolutely no influence. Now everyone is trying to do their job, play, win and show the best tennis. So that’s a somewhat vague statement.

I know Petra from a young age, we lived the same life, shared the same dressing rooms on tours for 10 years. And I was surprised by such a statement for no reason.

If the politicians played it, I’d understand. But the ATP and WTA try to keep sports out of politics. Wimbledon somehow took last year’s measures, they were eventually fined, which proved that was wrong. And Petra says this for no reason.

And if so, then let’s talk about almost all the hostilities that occurred in the modern era and in different countries.

Tennis players only play tennis. They don’t even understand politics – I don’t understand, guys don’t. Why are you tying them up?

I think Wimbledon made a mistake last year, made the wrong decision. The tournament was penalized for it, and that’s all in the past.

It is clear that the Czechs strongly opposed the Russian people. It seems that there is now propaganda, anti-Russianism, as in the whole world. But I think athletes should not get involved in this. They should play tennis.”

It should be noted that in 2022, the organizers of Wimbledon did not allow Russians and Belarusians to play in the tournament, but in 2023 they decided to lift the restrictions for tennis players from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, providing mandatory conditions. they would have to comply.