Seva Kewlysh, President of the Ukrainian Tennis Federation, has asked that Daniil Medvedev not be allowed to play the Grand Slam tournaments due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Let him play the ATP Tour, but the Grand Slams are ITF events and if you lose the possibility of playing in Grand Slams I could never be No. 1 in the world,” Kewlysh noted.
For now, the ATP and WTA allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to continue competing in their tournaments, including the Grand Slams, but that they will have to do it without their flags. “I shouldn’t play Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. I don’t care that Russia is the holder of the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup. They would be embarrassed if the starters were kicked out of these events,” Kewlysh said.
The international tennis federation s has suspended the Russian and Belarusian federations from competitions organized by the ITF, which It means his expulsion from the Davis Cup and the women’s Billie Jean King Cup.
