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Wow that's a massive ban. I think it's unfairRussian and Belarusian players are banned from Wimbledon.
Don't agree with that at all. A passport should not determine if you are allowed to play tennis. For a player like Rublev, who was vocal early on about his dislike of the war, it just seems unjust and unfair.
Russian and Belarusian players are banned from Wimbledon.
Don't agree with that at all. A passport should not determine if you are allowed to play tennis. For a player like Rublev, who was vocal early on about his dislike of the war, it just seems unjust and unfair.
also, where is the line for this? China does what China does in. The USA invaded Iraq. blah, world politics and the 2020's can go to hell.
It was never really an issue when players used to wear all white?I joke about this all the time but in all seriousness it's just a curiosity not a real issue. It's not hard to work out who is who when you are watching a match. I don't see any reason for a rule about this. Who would be the one who has to change outfit? Once upon a time all players wore white and that was it. No-one had any trouble working out which player was which then.
Strongly disagree with this, sport and politics don't belong together. Punishing the athletes of a country does nothing to influence whats going on, the world is in a sad state of affairs, cant see it improving.
It's impossible to keep sport and politics apart. Especially with a global sport like tennis.
I don't know what the right answer is here. Is it right that Russian/Belarusian players are banned at no fault of their own because their leader is on ego power trip? Absolutely not.
Should Ukrainian players be forced to play Russian tennis players when they facing an unjust war between the two countries? Also absolutely not.
So I don't know....
Shouldn't they be allowed to make up their own minds? What if they don't mind playing against the Russian players? What if like 99% of people they are against war of any kind and don't want to their fellow humans to be discriminated against for something they have no control over?
Shouldn't they be allowed to make up their own minds? What if they don't mind playing against the Russian players? What if like 99% of people they are against war of any kind and don't want to their fellow humans to be discriminated against for something they have no control over?
Funny enough, the first opponent Svitolina faced since the war started was versus a Russian. (Potapova) she refused to play against a Russian, but she was happy to play against Potapova if she was from a neutral country(ala, no country flag). She thrashed her opponent in the end while playing in the yellow and blue.If you're drawn against a Russian player, you don't have a choice do you? Not sure of your point.....
I think that is a very difficult thing to do. What might Putin do to the families of athletes who denounce the war publicly?the Belo/Russian players need to denounce the war and if not, get kicked out.
lawyers are good at the job they can do. A carefully worded statement against war to try and say something but in reality, nothing at allI think that is a very difficult thing to do. What might Putin do to the families of athletes who denounce the war publicly?
I think it is a very difficult thing for Russian athletes to come out and condemn Putin.
This is a very challenging situation.
If you're drawn against a Russian player, you don't have a choice do you? Not sure of your point.....