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Ukrainian Tennis Players Ask WTA To Take A Stand On Invasion
Two Ukrainian women tennis players aimed a swing at the WTA on Monday when they criticised the organisation for not taking a position on the Russian invasion of their country. Marta Kostyuk, ranked 54th in the world, and Lesia Tsurenko, a former top-25 player now ranked 127, both posted a letter on social media expressing "our great surprise and dissatisfaction with the lack of any response with the situation in our Motherland".
Svitolina boycotts event; asks tennis bodies to take firm stance
Ukrainian world No 15 Elina Svitolina has withdrawn from a WTA Tour event and urged tennis organisations to follow the IOC's recommendation to accept Russian or Belarussian nationals only as neutral athletes.
Medvedev's No.1 joy marred by ban threat
Moscovite Daniil Medvedev reached the pinnacle of men's tennis when he became the ATP's world No.1 on Monday but what should have been a day of pride for Russian sport has been engulfed by the growing consequences of the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Davis Cup: Denmark's singles squad is not as deep in absence of Rune, says India's Gunneswaran
Gunneswaran ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Denmark on Monday said that rankings don't matter so much and added that the Danish team's singles squad is not deep as it could have been after the World No. 90 Holger Rune confirmed his unavailability for the two-day rubber on the grass courts of the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) here. Three-time finalist India will lock horns with Denmark in the World Group playoff I tie on the weekend of March 4 and 5 here.
Ukraine calls for Russia and Belarus to be expelled from International Tennis Federation
Tennis Federation urged the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Sunday to immediately expel Russia and Belarus from the organisation. In a letter reviewed by Reuters, the Ukrainian federation said the action was warranted given Russia and Belarus' "unprecedented, cynical and bloody" attacks on Ukraine over the past four days.
Elina Svitolina, Dayana Yastremska, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Sergiy Stakhovsky on Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Tennis players have called for peace, fled their home country, and said they will take up arms after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The world has been rocked by the decision of Russia president Vladimir Putin to attack neighbouring Ukraine last week. Ad/> There are currently 36 men and 16 women from Ukraine on the WTA and ATP rankings, along with hundreds of Russians, including new men's world No 1 Daniil Medvedev.
Ukraine calls for Russia and Belarus to be expelled from International Tennis Federation
The Ukrainian Tennis Federation urged the International Tennis Federation on Sunday to immediately expel Russia and Belarus from the organisation.