Italian minister: "We evaluate Russian players ban in Rome"

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The decision taken by the organizers of the Wimbledon tournament, who decided to exclude Russian and Belarusian tennis players from the Championships, could trigger a chain reaction from the allied countries.

In recent days, the journalists of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera have indeed launched an incredible indiscretion. According to what was written by the famous Italian newspaper, Prime Minister Mario Draghi intends to ban Russians and Belarusians from the Foro Italico, which will be colored yellow and blue to demonstrate the closeness of the Italian people to Ukraine.

Rome without Russian tennis players? The words of Luigi Di Maio

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio talked about the next edition of the Italina Open, in Rome, and the possibility of excluding Russians and Belarusians from the tournament.

He said: "We will coordinate with all of our allies. At this moment it is essential to demonstrate the unity of the European Union, which condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is not our intention to unleash World War III, just as NATO must not be involved in the conflict.

The fact is that sanctions and the isolation of Russia are the only peaceful means to stop this war and bring Putin to the negotiating table. This is the work we are doing internationally. The unity of Europe is important. We have to pursue a single line."

Adriano Panatta, a former Italian tennis player, criticized Wimbledon's decision and expressed his hard thoughts. "I find it stupid, a bulls*it, if I can use that term. Among other things, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev seem to me to have already disagreed with what their country is doing, they are two people who play tennis as a job. Should a Russian engineer living in London then no longer have to work? It is nonsense and it is total hypocrisy."

We will see what the choice of the Italian government will be in the coming days. In these days there are many criticisms and defenses, both towards the decision of Wimbledon, and against Russian and Belarusian tennis players, such as the attacks of Lesia Tsurenko and Alexandr Dolgopolov against Andrey Rublev, or the criticism of Novak Djokovic against Wimbledon.

from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/4goEVzC

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