“I had never experienced so much hate in the locker room”

The tension of the war in Ukraine has also had an impact during the start of the contest in the world of tenniswith criticism among tennis players and also measures taken by tournaments and different institutions in the world of tennis.

A tension that has also affected one of the great figures of the women’s circuit, Aryna Sabalenka, champion of the Australian Open and finalist of the WTA 1,000 from Indian Wells, who in the press conference prior to the Miami Open wanted to refer to what he has experienced in recent months.

Sabalenka stated that she has experienced a certain rejection in the locker room as a result of the war in Ukraine despite the fact that she has not done anything. “It was very hard for me because I had never faced so much hate in the locker room. There are many haters on Instagram when you lose games, but in the dressing room I have never seen anything like this. It’s hard to understand that there were people who hated me for no reason. I have not done anything. I have had difficult conversations with the staff of several players, it was hard but now it seems that everything is going better, “he said in statements collected by Reuters, maintaining his position after the statements that Sabalenka herself made on the subject in Indian Wells.

Another Belarusian racket, Victoria Azarenka also took the opportunity to criticize Iga Swiatek, who asked the Ukrainian tennis players for more help. “There are certain players who have different feelings, so I don’t share the same opinion of Iga Swiatek. I encourage you to look at the things that have been done before commenting. As a member of the player council, I’m happy to see the facts. It would be the most appropriate thing to have that conversation.”