Aryna Sabalenka was again allowed to skip his press conference after his victory sloane stephens (7-6, 6-4) in the round of 16 Roland Garrosas he had done in the previous round, as announced by the tournament organization.
“Aryna Sabalenka will not give a general press conference tonight. A WTA representative will conduct an interview and a transcript will be distributed.
As of Friday, the 25-year-old tennis player of Belarus “will not be fined” for this absence in a mandatory press conference.
He argued on Friday that he felt “unsafe” at a news conference after being peppered with repeated questions about his stance on the war in Ukraine and his relationship with Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
“For months I have been answering these questions at all contests and I have been very clear about my feelings and opinions. I don’t care about these questions, I know I have to answer the media on issues that are not related to my tennis or my matches, but on Wednesday I was not safe,” explained Aryna, one of the big favorites. for the title with the Polish Iga Swiatek.
Source: La Verdad
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