Wimbledon was announced in recent days veto the participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players as a protest measure against the invasion of Ukraine. This situation caused a lot of reactions in the world of tennis, varias them against this decision, because there are few tennis players who understand that your colleagues are irresponsible in the decisions of their governments.
One of the players asked about this aspect after arriving at the Masters 1000 in Madrid was Rafael Nadalwho showed himself in this line. “I’m not clear about my colleagues in Russia. They are not responsible for what happens in the war,” Said Nadal. “Let’s see what happens and if we tennis players make a decision. What is clear is that it is a negative situation, but when a government restricts, we must follow them,” Rafa said.
Nadal’s reflections had a very strong response from Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukrainian tennis player fighting to help his country. “Rafa, we fought together and we played with each other. Is it fair that we Ukrainian players can’t go home? And young Ukrainians can not play tennis? Is it fair that Ukrainians are dying?Stakhovsky wrote on social media. Stakhovsky’s response generated many different reactions.
Source: La Verdad
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