The former tennis player showed his dissatisfaction with the decision to let Russian players participate in the various tournaments.
By AFP and editorial staff
LFormer Ukrainian tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov said in an interview with RTL on Monday that the organizers of Roland-Garros “lacked courage” in allowing Russian players to participate in the tournament and called for “banning Russia” from the world tennis.
“They (the organizers of Roland-Garros, editor’s note) lack courage, they especially do not want to assume possible consequences. Frankly, it is not enough to say that we are against war. It is a war against our nation, which affects our civilians,” Dolgopolov said before insisting.
“I said it to the ATP: tennis has a very loose posture today. I think the tennis world makes decisions that lack courage. Russia must be banned from what is run by the free world. Because today, saying: ‘I am against war’ is not enough. Their athletes must condemn their government, recognize that these are mass murders. »
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