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Joint statement by thr international governing bodies on Ukraine


A deep sense of distress, shock and sadness has been felt across the entire tennis community following Russias invasion of Ukraine in the past week. Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine, and we commend the many tennis players who have spoken out and taken action against this unacceptable act of aggression. We echo their calls for the violence to end and peace to return.

The safety of the tennis community is our most immediate collective priority. The focus of the WTA and ATP in particular in recent days has been on contacting current and former players, and other members of the tennis community from Ukraine and neighboring countries, to check on their safety and offer any assistance.

The international governing bodies of tennis stand united in our condemnation of Russias actions and, as a result, are in agreement with the following decisions and actions:

The WTA and ATP Boards have made the decision to suspend the WTA / ATP combined event, scheduled this October in Moscow.
The ITF Board has made the decision to suspend the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis Federation membership and to withdraw their entries from all ITF international team competition until further notice. This action follows the cancellation of all ITF tournaments in Russia and Belarus indefinitely.
At this time, players from Russia and Belarus will continue to be allowed to compete in international tennis events on Tour and at the Grand Slams. However, they will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus until further notice

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Here is the equivalent statement by Tennis Europe (affecting many junior tournaments). Suspension of junior events in Russia , Belarus and Ukraine was announced last week.



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Good. Had to be done. Id like to see it go further but its a decent starting point

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If Russian players end up not being able to play and Novak cannot, would it mean Zverev as world no.1? Not a good look. We need Rafa to save the ATP!

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flamingowings wrote:

If Russian players end up not being able to play and Novak cannot, would it mean Zverev as world no.1? Not a good look. We need Rafa to save the ATP!


 Could Zverev not maybe face a ban for his Acapulco behavior?



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indiana wrote:
flamingowings wrote:

If Russian players end up not being able to play and Novak cannot, would it mean Zverev as world no.1? Not a good look. We need Rafa to save the ATP!


 Could Zverev not maybe face a ban for his Acapulco behavior?


 Well, you would hope so.



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flamingowings wrote:

If Russian players end up not being able to play and Novak cannot, would it mean Zverev as world no.1? Not a good look. We need Rafa to save the ATP!


 Mr Djokovic "won't" rather than "can't".



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