Watching the recent news from Ukraine is 바카라very upsetting바카라, No. 2-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev said of the war that led Wimbledon organizers to ban him and other Russians from their tournament. (More Tennis News)
The US Open champion spoke at the Geneva Open where he returns to action after a five-week absence from the ATP Tour for surgery on a hernia injury. 바카라I had some time to follow what is happening, yeah, it's very upsetting,바카라 Medvedev said when asked if he could monitor the conflict in Ukraine more closely while not playing.
Medvedev previously said in February after Russia invaded Ukraine that he was 바카라all for peace.바카라 Though most Olympic sports banned Russian teams and athletes from international competitions, tennis allowed players to continue as individuals and not representatives of their country.
Wimbledon organizers went further, announcing three weeks ago with support from the U.K. government a decision to impose a ban and 바카라limit Russia's global influence through the strongest means possible.바카라
They said that could change 바카라if circumstances change materially바카라 in the war before the tournament begins on June 27. Medvedev said in Geneva 바카라I don't know if this decision is like 100% and it's over바카라 for him at Wimbledon where he reached the round of 16 last year.
바카라If I can play, I'm going to be happy to play at Wimbledon. I love this tournament,바카라 he said. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has previously called the Wimbledon ban 바카라crazy바카라 and on Sunday was asked after winning the Italian Open title if players should boycott the grass-court Grand Slam event.
바카라Boycotting is too aggressive,바카라 Djokovic said. 바카라There are a couple of solutions that are better than that and we can aim for those. But after talking to players who are involved in the discussions with Wimbledon it seems like there's not much wiggle room.바카라
Medvedev appeared relaxed and smiling often in his 16-minute news conference, speaking in English and French, and explained his outlook about support he got from other players. 바카라Me, personally in life, I try to respect every opinion because every human life is different,바카라 he said.
바카라You show a tennis ball to 100 people I'm sure some of them are going to say it's green, and not yellow. I think it's yellow. If somebody tells me it's green I'm not going to, you know, get in conflict with this person.바카라
Medvedev is top-seeded at the Geneva clay-court tournament and has a bye into the second round to face Richard Gasquet or John Millman.
The tournament will be his main preparation for the French Open starting next Sunday. Until last year's run to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, the 26-year-old Medvedev never got past the first round.
바카라It's never been easy for me on clay court to straight away start (well),바카라 he said. 바카라Even one tournament is going to be good to prepare. I'm feeling good physically.바카라
