In Rome consider the participation of Russians, Dolgopolov: "Putin as Hitler"

Former Ukrainian tennis player responded to recent news from Wimbledon and Italy: "Countries need to understand how they view this genocide"

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22/04/2022

Friday, 22 April 2022, 18:28 Updated: 18:32

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The Italian government is putting pressure on the organizers of the 1,000 Masters tournament in Rome to prevent Russian and Belarusian tennis players from participating in the tournament due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

According to the report, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is determined to do everything possible to prevent Russian and Belarusian tennis players from participating.

The chairman of the Italian Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malago, also wants to prevent the participation of the Russians and Belarusians. All this comes after the Wimbledon tournament announced this week that they will not allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to participate in this year's tournament

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Supports the prevention of the participation of Russians and Belarusians in tennis tournaments.

Dolgopolov (Photo: AP)

The one who expressed support for the matter is the former Ukrainian tennis player Alexander Dolgopolov, who was ranked at his peak in 13th place in the world.

Dolgopolov linked to the article and wrote: "It turns out that Rome wants to join. Well done to them. Italy, Ukraine and everyone else will have to choose how they look at this scandalous genocide."

Dolgopolov posted a screenshot of an article published in England on April 23, 1948 stating that Japanese and German tennis players would not be able to play at Wimbledon and wrote: "Think it never happened? Think again. Putin should be looked at like Hitler after all these atrocities. That is the right approach."

Meanwhile, there are also those who disagree with the decision to prevent the Russians and Belarusians from participating in Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic criticized the decision and so did Sasha Zebrav.

The German said: "The decision shows that the different tennis communities do not stand together. We play round all year with one law that says Russian tennis players can play, but not under the Russian flag, but at Wimbledon they do what they want."

Despite this, Zebrav supported the expulsion of Russia and Belarus from the Davis Cup and Billy Jean King (formerly of the Federation) and said: "I think it is justified because these are really sanctions against Russia"

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