Amelie MauresmoFormer world number one and director of Roland Garros, warned on Thursday that if a tennis player participating in the Parisian tournament praises the Russian president, Vladimir Putinwill be subject to penalties.
“We are in line with what the EU Sports Ministers have decided. We will not accept teams, but individual athletes (Russian or Belarusian). Obviously, if an athlete appears in front of the press pro-Putin there will be penalties, ”Manresmo said in a France Inter radio interview.
He stressed that the “principle of neutrality” would be imposed on the tournament, without hymns or national flags. Russia or Belarus.
The 42-year-old former tennis player has assumed “no fair decision” on the subject as difficult as the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine loves tennis players Elina Svitolin complained about the involvement of colleagues in Russia. The Wimbledon tournament in Londonone of the big four in tennis, did not include the Russians and Belarusians due to the invasion of Ukraine.
Source: La Verdad
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