“I am against grief, tears, and war,” Anastasia Potapova responds to Elina Svitolina’s threat of pulling out of the Monterrey Open
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World no. 81 Anastasia Potapova, unable to hold it in any longer, took to Instagram to vent out her anger at the politicians and sadness for the innocent people caught in this crisis.
The 20-year old Russian tennis player will be competing in the Monterrey Open despite her Mental stress regarding her homeland. She will be facing Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina in the first round. However, this was not taken very well by the Ukrainian. Elina declared that she wouldn’t play against Potapova until the sports authorities take required action against Russia for its invasion.
The Russian now faces an even bigger crisis with the new proposal from ITF, International Tennis Federation that requests the ban of all Russian players from competing in any sports event, Individual or team.
Anastasia Potapova’s outburst on Russian athletes’ situation.
On March 1, the Russian expressed her thoughts on the terrible state of affairs on Instagram. “As a rule, even in childhood, we choose our own path of development. Even when I was a kid, I dreamed of playing tennis without choosing a match, a country or a partner in the game,” she said.
Anastasia Potapova continues to say, “It is difficult to explain to people from politics that for me there is no opponent from any country. I am fighting for victory, my best game, for my result.” As a global-level player, she has played in numerous countries and against so many people. Nobody sees the nationality or age of an opponent. All that matters is the final result of the match.”
“Unfortunately, now we, professional athletes, are essentially becoming hostages of the current situation.” She further went on to say, “Playing tennis is our choice and our dream, to which we go daily, practicing, and constantly trying to be better in our results. I’m sorry, but even though I am a stranger to politics, I am against grief, tears and war.”
“The peace unites the world, and everyone should remain human in it.” She finally ends her post by declaring that “children should continue to dream,” she added.
As of now, all of Svitolina’s demands have been met and she is ready to take on Potapova in the first round of the Monterrey Open,
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