Daniil Medvedev mentioned he felt sorry for Ukrainian gamers competing on the excursions amid turmoil of their nation, which Russia invaded final yr.
Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from her match with Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka at Indian Wells on account of what she mentioned was a panic assault triggered by a chat with WTA Chief Executive Steve Simon about tennis’s response to Russia’s invasion.
Belarus has been a staging floor for what Moscow calls a “special military operation”.
Women’s world primary, Iga Swiatek, has known as for extra assist for Ukrainian gamers as they compete through the ongoing disaster.
“I do feel sorry for all the Ukrainian players and what they go through,” Russian Medvedev mentioned after reaching the semifinals at Indian Wells.
“For sure, the situation with Tsurenko, I don’t know in detail. It’s more for her and for, maybe, a little bit Sabalenka to answer because I didn’t know about this till the next day,” added the 2021 U.S. Open champion.
Western navy officers estimate casualties on either side at greater than 100,000 killed or wounded since Russia’s invasion. Tens of 1000’s of civilians are additionally feared to have died, whereas hundreds of thousands have fled the specter of combating.
The ATP mentioned, in a press release, final yr they “strongly condemn Russia’s reprehensible invasion of Ukraine”.
“Of course, we have a responsibility (to talk about the issue), and it depends how every person, individual, will do with it,” the world quantity six Medvedev mentioned.
“I’ve always said the same, I’m for peace all over the world, and that’s all I can say.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com