Editors Observe • That is so unhappy. Off the charts. Tennis is my microcosm … all the time has been. If anybody watched tennis around the globe. You noticed an attractive world. The gamers can battle on Court docket for hours. However then they hug and say form phrases on the internet. They skilled collectively performed dubs collectively and eat and journey collectively.
By no means ever has there been a state of affairs like this. So at first issues have been sideways. Then the other way up and now all torn aside. Gamers from each nation lived on tour in peace and concord. No extra struggle.
| JOINT STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES OF TENNIS
A deep sense of misery, shock and disappointment has been felt throughout your entire tennis group following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine previously week. Our ideas are with the folks of Ukraine, and we commend the numerous tennis gamers who’ve spoken out and brought motion towards this unacceptable act of aggression. We echo their requires the violence to finish and peace to return. The security of the tennis group is our most instant collective precedence. The main focus of the WTA and ATP specifically in latest days has been on contacting present and former gamers, and different members of the tennis group from Ukraine and neighbouring nations, to test on their security and supply any help. The worldwide governing our bodies of tennis stand united in our condemnation of Russia’s actions and, in consequence, are in settlement with the next choices and actions: • The WTA and ATP Boards have made the choice to droop the WTA / ATP mixed occasion, scheduled this October in Moscow. • The ITF Board has made the choice to droop the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis Federation membership and to withdraw their entries from all ITF worldwide crew competitors till additional discover. This motion follows the cancellation of all ITF tournaments in Russia and Belarus indefinitely. • At the moment, gamers from Russia and Belarus will proceed to be allowed to compete in worldwide tennis occasions on Tour and on the Grand Slams. Nonetheless, they won’t compete underneath the title or flag of Russia or Belarus till additional discover. |
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