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Leading Ukrainian tennis players demand their Russian and Belarusian counterparts be withdrawn from competitions

Svitolina and Co have signed the letter to the WTA, ATP and ITF.

Leading Ukrainian tennis players demand their Russian and Belarusian counterparts be withdrawn from competitions
Elina Svitolina
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Leading Ukrainian tennis players Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Lesya Tsurenko and others have issued an appeal to the authorities of the WTA, ATP and ITF, according to sport.ua.

The athletes are asking to dismiss the Russian and Belarusian tennis players from all competitions. However, there is one exception.

The athletes of these countries must publicly acknowledge the war of Russia and Belarus against Ukraine, as well as assess the actions of the presidents of these countries Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko accordingly.

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