A gesture of solidarity with Ukraine, attacked last week by Russia, will be made on Friday during the Davis Cup meeting between France and Ecuador, in Pau, said the captain of the Blues, Sébastien Grosjean. The form of this gesture remains to be validated, in particular with the ITF.
In solidarity with the authorities’ decision to withdraw Russia from all international competitions, Sébastien Grosjean also understood “that of letting the Russians play in the tournaments on an individual basis. »
Nicolas Mahut went in his direction. “I think it’s good that they have the opportunity to do their job. It’s difficult for Russian players to express themselves. Some did, some on tiptoe. But you have to put yourself in their shoes. I imagine that they don’t have the same facility as us to express themselves. It can’t be very easy for them either. »
This very heavy daily life will not be easy to hide, conceded his captain. “We relativize the meeting, of course. But we must continue to do what we must do and show our solidarity with the Ukrainian people. »
“It’s complicated to live, said Pierre-Hugues Herbert. There is reason to be depressed when you watch the news. It is shocking when you see these images. We didn’t realize how lucky we were to live in peace in the world. Alas, we lived through the attacks in Paris during the Masters, we are starting to get used to this kind of situation. There isn’t a moment of the day when I don’t think about what is happening in Ukraine. I feel bad for everything that’s going on there. »
“Obviously we follow this, we are very united, concluded Nicolas Mahut. When I see ”Stakho” (Sergiy Stakhovsky, the Ukrainian tennis player who returned to Kiev to defend his country), I had on the phone before he made his decision, we feel very close and we are worried about him. »
