Even though Indian Well is over, the tumultuous exchanges between Arina Sobolenko and coach Lesya Tsurenko are not over yet. This is due to the events that took place in this tournament. Now Nikita Vlasov decided to give the Belarusian a strong retaliatory blow.
Echoes of the recent events that took place in Indian Wells are still heard. We are talking about losing the match to Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko. The tennis player decided on this move after the strike of Arina Sobolenko. True, the organizers wrote that it was “for personal reasons”, but, as the football player herself admitted, she had breathing problems, and she fell into a kind of hysteria.
The first criticism of Sobolenko from the Ukrainian coach
Tsurenko’s reaction was reinforced by a conversation with WTA President Steve Simon about the participation of Russians and Belarusians at the Paris Olympics. The activist allegedly told the Ukrainian tennis player that although he himself does not support the war, some tennis players have a different opinion, which should not upset her.
The coach of the Ukrainian tennis player Nikita Vlasov also commented on this topic, saying that the war in Ukraine is also Sobolenko’s fault. Recall, some time ago, the Belarusian said that she did not feel guilty about what was happening in Poland’s eastern neighbors.
Arina Sobolenko’s answer and attacks on the Ukrainian coach
Sobolenko reacted to these words some time later and still believes that she has done nothing wrong to Ukraine. “Neither I nor the Russian athletes, none of us have done anything wrong,” she said, adding: “I think the WTA is doing a really great job of supporting both sides.”
A moment later, the Belarusian pinned the Ukrainian coach Lesya Tsurenko and said that he could influence what was happening with his ward, and this happened because of too much pressure on the tennis player. “I think that Tsarenko’s departure was caused not only by a panic attack caused by the political situation,” she said.
“Last year I had a really difficult situation with her coach and the way he behaved towards me. So I think this guy was putting such a lot of pressure on her and that’s why this is happening. It has nothing to do with the WTA,” admitted Arina Sobolenko.
Nikita Vlasov’s decisive answer: She did the same as Russian propaganda
Once again, the Ukrainian coach responded to these accusations. Nikita Vlasov could not stand it and threw a strong retaliatory blow towards the Belarusian. - What surprised me most about this terrible situation was that Sobolenko did not wish Lesia a speedy recovery. In no way did she condemn Simon’s words and the whole situation,” he said.
- In her comment, she did the same as Russian propaganda at the beginning of the war. Then the Russians and Belarusians said that the Ukrainians were bombing their capital. This is just an attempt to divert attention from the situation, nothing more.
Source: Wprost
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