Aryna Sabalenkawho qualified yesterday for the final of the category 1,000 tournament in Indian Wells, has been vocal about the existing problems in the women’s locker room between the Russian and Belarusian players compared to the Ukrainian ones.
“I think the WTA is doing everything they can to control the situation, but it is clear that there is tension between us. I still believe that I have not done anything to the Ukrainians and neither have the Russian and Belarusian athletes. Some, like my In any case, we are even helping, although in a private way”, said the tennis player from Minsk, world number two at 24 years of age.
Regarding the refusal of the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko to jump onto the track to play the second round of the tournament with Sabalenka, the Belarusian is clear that “It must have been his coach’s thing. I had a problem with him last year and I’m sure he put pressure on him not to play.“.
