Tennis Related - Off Court Serious Issues

[meganfernandez]

[ti-amie]

Individual liberties dont matter to them - just their vision of a perfect world..

This is nonsense. These officials are still just people trying to do the task that they have been assigned, and they certainly don't have a broader vision for a perfect world. When it comes to sports, athletes, and the officials that regulate the sport everyone says that they want a fair field of play, and I think the public does to, and that means having a system of testing and accountability for violations.

I agree with what I highlighted. If everyone is doping then why should anyone but cookers/chemists watch sports? There's nothing for an average Joe or Jane to see since they're not seeing a competition between athletes but a competition between drug companies/makers.

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

Sorry. Agree with the WTA in this one. You cannot punish somebody for liking some social media post. As atrocious as that can be.
And Andreeva is only 16. One must wonder if she understands the entire scope of this war, or is taking in Russia's propaganda.

[skatingfan]

Sorry. Agree with the WTA in this one. You cannot punish somebody for liking some social media post. As atrocious as that can be.
And Andreeva is only 16. One must wonder if she understands the entire scope of this war, or is taking in Russia's propaganda.

At the same time I hope someone at the WTA is talking to Andreeva, and her team about this sort of thing. The WTA may not be able to sanction her for this behaviour, but the fans, and the media can.

[Owendonovan]

She's proving herself to be quite the charmer.

[JTContinental]

I can't help but wonder why Yastremska was trolling Andreeva's social media after a crushing loss earlier in the week.

[Owendonovan]

I can't help but wonder why Yastremska was trolling Andreeva's social media after a crushing loss earlier in the week.

Kids these days.....

[ponchi101]

Sorry. Agree with the WTA in this one. You cannot punish somebody for liking some social media post. As atrocious as that can be.
And Andreeva is only 16. One must wonder if she understands the entire scope of this war, or is taking in Russia's propaganda.

At the same time I hope someone at the WTA is talking to Andreeva, and her team about this sort of thing. The WTA may not be able to sanction her for this behaviour, but the fans, and the media can.

This made me wonder.
What is a Russian player were to come out openly in favor of Russia in this war? I know, I know, we are in agreement of which side is the one doing the aggression. But what if there is somebody that is a Russian patriot and believes Russia is right?
Could anything be done by the governing bodies?

[skatingfan]

This made me wonder.
What is a Russian player were to come out openly in favor of Russia in this war? I know, I know, we are in agreement of which side is the one doing the aggression. But what if there is somebody that is a Russian patriot and believes Russia is right?
Could anything be done by the governing bodies?

I don't see that either tour would take steps to sanction such behaviour. Sabalenka came closest to crossing the line with some of her statements, though that was before the war. All of the players are reliant on Western companies for their clothing, shoe, and racquet deals so doing such a thing would come with a serious financial risk.

[ti-amie]

wta
@WTA
WTA statement pertaining to athletes denied entry into Czech Republic:

The WTA emphatically condemns the war in Ukraine and the reprehensible actions of the Russian government. The WTA also continues to support the Tour’s Ukrainian athletes – as well as all WTA athletes – who face immense challenges as professional athletes while many of their loved ones and their country face attacks from Russia.

Individual WTA players whose nationality is Russian/Belarusian continue to compete on the Tour on a neutral basis. Despite their neutrality, some WTA players are being denied by Czech government authorities the ability to compete at the WTA 250 event scheduled to be held in Prague next week.

WTA rules state that all players must be allowed to compete on the WTA based solely on merit, without discrimination. We will continue to review the situation as we factor important considerations around these complex geopolitical issues

[ponchi101]

And what can the WTA? It already tried to boycott China over another moral issue, and we saw how that went.
Gonna take tournaments out of Czechia and Poland? Uhm...

[skatingfan]

And what can the WTA? It already tried to boycott China over another moral issue, and we saw how that went.
Gonna take tournaments out of Czechia and Poland? Uhm...

There was never any consequences for the tournament (Qatar?) that didn't let Israeli Sharhar Pe'er compete.

[Owendonovan]

I'm fine denying publicly pro-war Russians and Belarussians anything and everything. Ef em.

[ashkor87]

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/ru ... -in-prague
Note that they are stopping ALL Russisns not just those they think pose a security risk. The tours should cancel those tournaments...they did sanction Wimbledon, why not these?