Dolgopolov, on Rublev: “Maybe his ‘no to war’ meant that Ukraine must surrender”

Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will not be at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the season, due to the invasion and the Ukrainian War. The measure, promoted by the British Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, as expected, has aroused opinions of all kinds. The ATP itself, immediately, after learning of the decision, published a statement distancing itself from the measure taken by the tournament and the British Tennis Federation (LTA).

Andrey Rublev, number 8 in the world and affected tennis player along with others such as the 1st in the ranking, Daniil Medvedev, was one of the players who first and loudest raised his voice. “What is happening is complete discrimination against us. Banning Russian or Belarusian players from playing will not change anything. Giving all the prize money would have an effect more positive for humanitarian aid, for families who suffer, for children who suffer. I think that would do something. Tennis would be, in that case, the first and only sport that donates that amount of money and it would be at Wimbledon, taking all the glory, “he explained about it.

your arguments have found an answer, that of the former Ukrainian tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov, very hard through his personal Twitter profile. “He wrote ‘no to war’ on a television camera during the first days of the conflict. We do not know if those words meant that Ukraine must surrender. We hoped that he would give an explanation, but of course he did not give any, “he comes to expose.

“Rublev says that the Wimbledon decision is not going to help and that it is a discriminatory situation for them. Do you seriously want us to believe that you are uneducated and that you don’t know about politics and then you blurt out these clever words? If you really don’t know and don’t inform yourself, why are you willing to donate your money to families and children?” continues Dolgopolov, who ends up calling the 8th in the world a liar: “The best thing you can do is don’t tell lies, like your government does, just to continue your normal life because your country is raping children and women, shooting people in the back of the head and acting like criminals.”