“These are sad days for tennis!” Tennis Twitter severely criticizes the US Open as Victoria Azarenka withdraws from the ‘Tennis Plays For Peace Exhibition’ amid Ukrainian ‘sensitivities’

Victoria Azarenka, the 33-year-old Belarusian professional is truly a formidable opponent for anyone in the world on her day, the former world number 1 recently played at the 2022 Cincinnati Open where she was eliminated in the round of 32 by 19-year-old British prodigy Emma Raducanu in an embarrassing loss.

With 2 Grand Slam titles to her name, it is a given that Azarenka has loads of fans around the world, and those fans came to her support as Azarenka was announced to be missing the ‘Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition’ event that is being held for humanitarian aid for Ukraine due to the lives lost in the war with Russia.

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Victoria Azarenka pulls out of ‘Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition’

The controversies regarding the Russian and Belarusian players continue as first, they were banned from participating at this year’s Wimbledon, and now it seems to be continuing as Victoria Azarenka will not be playing in the ‘Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition’ event which is going to be held in the Billie Jean King National Center in New York, The USTA made a statement announcing Azarenka’s withdrawal from the event.

The statement said, “In the last 24 hours, after careful consideration and dialogue with all parties involved, Victoria Azarenka will not be participating in our ‘Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition’ this evening, Vika is a strong player leader and we appreciate her willingness to participate. Given the sensitivities to Ukrainian players, and the on-going conflict, we believe this is the right course of action for us.“

Fans took to Twitter to react to this news as many were unhappy with the decision and even went as far as to call it a sad day for the sport, some even went on to question the Ukrainian players. Azarenka has publicly been aiding Ukraine by fundraising for them but her absence at this event does not make sense for many fans around the world.

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