Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova denounces WTA’s response to criticism of Russian, Belarusian tennis players
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Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova denounces WTA’s response to criticism of Russian, Belarusian tennis players
ROME — Oleksandra Oliynykova, the Ukrainian world No. 68, says that she has been “threatened with fines of tens of thousands of dollars” and “disqualification” by the women’s tour over her criticism of specific Russian and Belarusian tennis players, including Belarusian world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
ROME — Oleksandra Oliynykova, the Ukrainian world No. 68, says that she has been “threatened with fines of tens of thousands of dollars” and “disqualification” by the women’s tour over her criticism of specific Russian and Belarusian tennis players, including Belarusian world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Oliynykova, 25, made those allegations against the WTA Tour in an Instagram post April 28. During a mixed zone interview Thursday at the Italian Open, she said: “I’m the victim of war. I don’t think i