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Lesia Tsurenko feels some are silently attempting to “hush up” Ukrainian players talking about the war. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian players have been doing their best to put emphasis on what’s happening in their home country.
Also when the invasion started nearly two years ago, Ukrainian players called on the WTA to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing in all ATP, WTA and ITF tournaments. The ATP and WTA decided against going that routine but since then Russian and Belarusian players have been recognized as “neutrals” in all tournaments.
Addressing that, Tsurenko called out the WTA and their neutral athlete policy.
Tsurenko calls out the WTA: We feel not being heard
“The war is still here and this means that this issue is not closed. Our country did not choose this fate.
And we also did not choose this fate, that we have been in a state of constant arguing with the WTA and representatives of the aggressor countries for one and a half years. Indeed, starting from Roland Garros, people stopped asking me about the war.
And at Wimbledon I simply did not have a single press conference. Yes, there is a feeling that tennis…
