LThe Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya won her match against the French Harmony Tan in Indian Wells, after the French player had to retire when she was down on the scoreboard 6-2 and 1-0.
But beyond the strictly sporting, Kalinskaya made headlines because she joined the group of Russian athletes who have shown themselves against the invasion of Ukraine by their country. Thus, the tennis player showed the slogan “No to war” on her shoe.
From the number 1 in world tennis, Daniil Medvedev, or Rublev even ice hockey star Alex Ovechkin, normally close to Valdimir Putin, they have been against the armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
