UBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian tennis participant Andrey Rublev wrote “No Warfare Please” on a TV digital camera moments after advancing to the general on the Dubai Championships on Friday.
The seventh-ranked Rublev had simply crushed Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) of their semifinal fit earlier than writing his message at the digital camera — as is commonplace after fits.
Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday in an invasion of a democratic nation that has fueled fears of wider battle in Europe and brought about international efforts to make Russia forestall.
Rublev wasn’t requested concerning the message all over his on-court interview straight away following the fit.
Compatriot Daniil Medvedev spoke Thursday on the Mexico Open about waking as much as information that his nation had invaded Ukraine.
“Staring at the inside track from house, waking up right here in Mexico, used to be now not simple,” mentioned Medvedev, who will turn into the No. 1 males’s participant when scores are introduced subsequent week.
“By way of being a tennis participant, I need to advertise peace far and wide the sector,” Medvedev endured. “We play in such a lot of other nations. It’s simply now not simple to listen to all this information. I’m excited about peace.”
