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Especially Rublev deserves this. What a courageous man!
BREAKING: Russian and Belarussian players allowed to play Wimbledon - if they don't show support for Putin
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Especially Rublev deserves this. What a courageous man!
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Has any russian tennis player openly shown support for Putin? None that I am aware of. Rublev was the most anti-war, that's for sure.
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GREENHOUSE43 in ruins
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@GREENHOUSE43, @AlterBridge and @vogus_emeritus in ruins.
This is the right decision. Ban politics from tennis.
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Djokovic dad will be kicked out if he does what he did in Melbourne.
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Thank god, sanity restored. Good on the ATP for putting pressure on.
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Well... just wait till Djokovic says something about the war and Putin.
There is a very strong correlation between anti vaccination nutcases and Putin lovers
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I agree, it's a very good decision. People should not be judged by their heritage.
So being from Russia is fine.
Being a Putin lover -> instant ban
You got to love it
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Not that I'm aware of.
Showing support to Putin is like wearing a Nazi emblem and yelling Heil Hitler nowadays. No tennis player can be that stupid.
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Fair
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Only Djokovic's dad has been that stupid so far, but he got away pretty unscathed from that, sweared he'll never do it again.
What about freedom of speech? Everyone has the right to any political preferences. They make the devil out of Putin, but West is much worse in fact.
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You are right, I didn't know that. Well it was in 2018. In general it is not very bright to suck up to politicians.
Denis Shapovalov: 'My dream is to meet Vladimir Putin'
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Bad for the sport. Even worst for humanity.
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Yes, but this needs some context.
Rublev wrote "No war please" on the court camera the day after the russian invasion, before the use of the word "war" was outlawed in Russia.
Russian Tennis Star Andrey Rublev Writes ‘No War Please’ After Win
The 7th-ranked player made his statement moments after advancing to the final at the Dubai Championships on Friday.
And being in favor of peace can also mean wanting Ukraine to surrender quickly, to avoid more combats. It doesn't necessarily mean being against the invasion.
So while it was courageous from him to mention the war (it was the big elephant in the room that no other Russian player wanted to speak about), he didn't exactly come out against his government.
Among the russian pros, only some at a lower level have been stupid enough to defend the invasion. All the others avoid the subject.
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So you think at the end we all will also find out that Russia isn't so terrible like they were allready telling us about not vaccinated human? That would surprise me honestly.
And no, I don't want to compare Covid and vaccination with the war.
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And it's obviously the right decision. Wimbledon corrects their fault from last year when everybody was laughing about them.
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"No war" is not a courageous statement (except the semantics between war and "special military operation"), 8 billion people in the world are probably against any kind of war.Yes, but this needs some context.
Rublev wrote "No war please" on the court camera the day after the russian invasion, before the use of the word "war" was outlawed in Russia.
Russian Tennis Star Andrey Rublev Writes ‘No War Please’ After Win
The 7th-ranked player made his statement moments after advancing to the final at the Dubai Championships on Friday.www.huffpost.com
And being in favor of peace can also mean wanting Ukraine to surrender quickly, to avoid more combats. It doesn't necessarily mean being against the invasion.
So while it was courageous from him to mention the war (it was the big elephant in the room that no other Russian player wanted to speak about), he didn't exactly come out against his government.
Among the russian pros, only some at a lower level have been stupid enough to defend the invasion. All the others avoid the subject.
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