The best tennis player in the world criticized the circuit for its position on the war: "It would have helped stop the aggression"

The Polish

, number one in the world, gave her opinion on the

and assured that tennis should have done better, sending a stronger message by banning Russians and Belarusians from playing.

In addition, she compared the current situation with what happened to German, Italian and Japanese tennis players after

.

Although he considered that the situation in Russia is not the fault of the athletes, he clarified in an in-depth interview with the British BBC

sport is also very important because historically it is

.

“I've heard and read that

and I think this kind of thing would show the Russian government that it might not be worth it.

I know it's a small part, because we're just athletes, but I think sport is very important and it's always been used as propaganda," he analyzed.

In that sense, the 21-year-old considered that "tennis, from the beginning,

when it came to showing the whole world that tennis players are against the war."

"They could do more to make that point of view clear and tell their opinions and help us cope a little better in the locker room, because

," she deepened.

At the same time, he supported Russian tennis player

because she "

and that her dream would be for the war to end."

"It's something I respect a lot, because I think it's brave that Russian athletes say that. Their situation is quite complicated and sometimes it's hard for them to speak out loud about it," she explained.

Russia's Daria Kasatkina during the tournament in Adelaide, Australia this year.

Photo EFE/EPA/MICHAEL ERREY

In April of last year, Wimbledon was the only tournament that did not allow the entry of Russian and Belarusian players, which earned it heavy economic sanctions, of up to

, by the big tennis organizations.

This year, the third Grand Slam of the season has been reversed and will allow tennis players of these nationalities to play as long as they do so under a

, as in the rest of the tournaments on the circuit.

“This is something that was considered early on.

Tennis was not really going that way, but now it would be quite unfair for Russian and Belarusian players to do so because this decision is supposed to have been made a year ago and it is not the fault of these players that they have a Russian or Belarusian passport," he told the regarding the prohibitions.

"Now it would be unfair to do it, because the decision should have been made a year ago. But

," the Pole concluded. 

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