PARIS : World number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus refused on Wednesday to comment on the war in Ukraine and her country's involvement as a staging post for Russian troops, when asked specifically to condemn it.The 25-year-old had been urged on Sunday by her French Open first-round opponent, Ukraine's Ma
PARIS : World number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus refused on Wednesday to comment on the war in Ukraine and her country's involvement as a staging post for Russian troops, when asked specifically to condemn it.
"I have no comments to you, so thank you for your question," she told a news conference before a reporter asked about her relationship with Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko and whether a potential world number one should be associated with him. Sabalenka has met Lukashenko in the past. "I've got no comments to you," she said."You've got enough answers from me, and I've got no comments to you."In March 2022, tennis's governing bodies barred players from Russia and Belarus from competing under the name or flag of either country due to the war, requiring them to play under neutral flags.
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