Andrey Rublev arrive at ATP Washington 2022 as the first seed and, as such, he reinforced and proved his condition in his debut, beating Jack Draper in two heats. Later, the Russian went through Press conference and was asked about the position that tennis can have to host messages of unity or if, on the contrary, it should be separated from the policy. “Of course politics has always been part of sport. Everybody knows this, but I think if we stick together and do things for peace, tennis can lead by example, many sports can follow that example and in general, perhaps one day sport can be detached from politics. I believe that tennis can be separated from politics, because tennis is independent, it is one of those sports that is independent from the rest. We have players from all over the world, we travel around all nations. At least I believe in this, yes.”
