(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Lesia Tsurenko has came back to attack the WTA CEO Steve Simon with serious and harsh words. It all started from the 2023 Indian Wells tournament, in which the Ukrainian player withdrew before having to face the match against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
The cause later disclosed is a panic attack apparently following a conversation with Simon on the position of Russian tennis players on the war. In an interview with BTU, Tsurenko attacked: “In Indian Wells I had a panic attack that significantly affected my physical and mental health and forced me to withdraw from the tournament.
After making an official complaint privately, no WTA member has responded to me. After my public statement, not a single WTA member contacted me to clarify the circumstances. This indicates that the WTA simply tried to cover up this incident, which reflects a clear lack of ethics on the part of our CEO.” Then she added: “The indifference to the situation terrified me.
I was hoping that some member would launch an official investigation, because the fact that the visible head of such a company allows himself to mentally abuse a person suffering from a war is unprecedented Nothing happened for…
