The birthplaces of Russian tennis players were kept silent during the Roland Garros screening
The organizers of the Roland Garros tournament kept silent about the birthplaces of Russian tennis players during the television broadcast. RIA Novosti reports this.
The source said that during the screening, information about the tournament participants is broadcast on the screen, which indicates their place in the ranking, height, age, and place of birth. However, the American Sofia Kenin and the representative of Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva, who were born in Moscow, as well as Varvara Gracheva, who was born in Zhukovsky near Moscow, did not have their places of birth indicated.
Russians have the right to compete in tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in a neutral status.
Previously, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) kept silent about the titles of the Russian national team during the screening of the 2024 World Championship. In the video broadcast, only the Canadian team was mentioned, which has 28 victories, the Czech Republic (12 titles combined with the victories of Czechoslovakia) and Sweden (11 trophies).
Source: Lenta
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