Former tennis world number three Elina Svitolina has gone on record stating that she doesn’t agree with the US Open’s decision to allow Russian players to participate in the New York grand slam.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced its stance this week, which is line with that of the most recent major tournament, the French Open, but in contrast to the next on the calendar in Wimbledon which has had its ranking points stripped by the ATP and WTA men’s and women’s tours.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) decided to ban Russians this year as a response to their country’s military operation in Svitolina’s homeland Ukraine, and the 27-year-old revealed she was hoping for a similarly tough approach from the USTA.
“It’s their decision to make, they decided to take this path,” she explained to Reuters from Geneva in Switzerland.