Nadal should disqualify.
Nadal slams Wimbledon ban on Russian, Belarusian players
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Does he have no heart at all?
"I think it's very unfair of [on] my Russian tennis mates, my colleagues ... it's not their fault what's happening in this moment with the war," Nadal, a 21-time Grand Slam winner, said in Spain where both he and Djokovic are preparing to play in the Madrid Open -
The English, again, understand what the direction of history is. Kudos for this bravery.
The All England Club had justified its action in a statement first posted on Twitter.
"In the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players with The Championships," the statement said.
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"I think it's very unfair of [on] my Russian tennis mates, my colleagues ... it's not their fault what's happening in this moment with the war," Nadal, a 21-time Grand Slam winner, said
Of course he's totally correct. Also unfair that Ukrainians are getting ki/l/led, ra/ha/ped, and tor/tured.
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Is it fair to Russian tennis players? No. Is it fair that ukrainians are being tortured and raeped and being blown up by thousands of Russian bombs? No.
Russian athletes are getting this treatment because the world wants to be clear in publicly saying that what Russia is doing is unacceptable. Russian athletes have the power to say that they condemn what Russia is doing and beg Russians to rise up and protest on the streets or even ask if they would be allowed to play if the gave up their Russian representation. The biggest move a Russian athlete could do is reject to represent Russia and ask to play with Ukraine's colors even if that athlete is from the far east.
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Is it fair to Russian tennis players? No. Is it fair that ukrainians are being tortured and raeped and being blown up by thousands of Russian bombs? No.
Russian athletes are getting this treatment because the world wants to be clear in publicly saying that what Russia is doing is unacceptable. Russian athletes have the power to say that they condemn what Russia is doing and beg Russians to rise up and protest on the streets or even ask if they would be allowed to play if the gave up their Russian representation. The biggest move a Russian athlete could do is reject to represent Russia and ask to play with Ukraine's colors even if that athlete is from the far east.The issue is that it isn't necessarily safe to make such an openly dissident move against the Russian government.
I would rather Wimbledon do something similar to the Olympics. Make them officially "non-aligned tennis players" or something like that. Take the decision out of the players' hands.
The strongest argument for the ban is that it draws the attention of the Russian people to the situation. But given that a big part of the Kremlin propaganda line seems to be "the world is against us", I don't think that lands. I would see a much stronger argument if the Russian government was successfully convincing its people that most people around the world agreed that Ukraine was in the wrong.
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Is it fair to Russian tennis players? No. Is it fair that ukrainians are being tortured and raeped and being blown up by thousands of Russian bombs? No.
Russian athletes are getting this treatment because the world wants to be clear in publicly saying that what Russia is doing is unacceptable. Russian athletes have the power to say that they condemn what Russia is doing and beg Russians to rise up and protest on the streets or even ask if they would be allowed to play if the gave up their Russian representation. The biggest move a Russian athlete could do is reject to represent Russia and ask to play with Ukraine's colors even if that athlete is from the far east.The issue is that it isn't necessarily safe to make such an openly dissident move against the Russian government.
I would rather Wimbledon do something similar to the Olympics. Make them officially "non-aligned tennis players" or something like that. Take the decision out of the players' hands.
The strongest argument for the ban is that it draws the attention of the Russian people to the situation. But given that a big part of the Kremlin propaganda line seems to be "the world is against us", I don't think that lands. I would see a much stronger argument if the Russian government was successfully convincing its people that most people around the world agreed that Ukraine was in the wrong.What will Putin do?
Send us some tanks that are being melted by javelins as we speak, or some ships that catch fire randomly and sink
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Is it fair to Russian tennis players? No. Is it fair that ukrainians are being tortured and raeped and being blown up by thousands of Russian bombs? No.
Actually it is fair. They shouldn't have bombed Russians for 8 years. Now they get what they deserve.
Gt fo Boris. No one believed a word you say.
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Is it fair that millions of Muslims got bombed and tortured by the US over a tube of laundry powder? NO.
Are you hypocrites going to ban the US from sports? NO.Is it fair to Russian tennis players? No. Is it fair that ukrainians are being tortured and raeped and being blown up by thousands of Russian bombs? No.
Russian athletes are getting this treatment because the world wants to be clear in publicly saying that what Russia is doing is unacceptable. Russian athletes have the power to say that they condemn what Russia is doing and beg Russians to rise up and protest on the streets or even ask if they would be allowed to play if the gave up their Russian representation. The biggest move a Russian athlete could do is reject to represent Russia and ask to play with Ukraine's colors even if that athlete is from the far east.