Arina Sobolenko was called to account. Legendary hockey player Dominik Hasek referred to the behavior of the Belarusian after the match with Sloane Stevens, when she refused to attend a press conference. Cech argues that the second racket of the world should not avoid difficult questions.
In sports, Arina Sobolenko is still the absolute top, but it’s getting hotter around her. Everything is connected with the war in Ukraine and the questions that Belarusians receive on this topic. Everything became very painful for her, which is why she recently decided to cancel her participation in a press conference. Now her gesture is widely described and discussed all over the world, but mainly in Europe, including by famous people.
Arina Sobolenko refused to participate in the press conference
The Belarusian has already reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, where she will meet with Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. This promises to be another exciting and electrifying match. Arina Sobolenko openly admits that she no longer intends to answer questions about politics and the war in Ukraine and complains that she receives fewer and fewer questions about sports, which is why she did not attend a press conference after the last meeting.
“For several months I answered questions that were more about politics than tennis, and I made my position very clear. Such questions are not a problem for me, because I know that I have to give the media answers not only to tennis questions. However, I did not feel safe at the press conference on Wednesday, the 25-year-old said.
Legendary hockey player calls Arina Sobolenko to account
Dominik Hasek, the absolute star of Czech tennis, referred to the circumstances on Twitter. In his opinion, Arina Sobolenko should not behave like this and cannot avoid difficult questions. However, he insists that journalists ask questions about the war to all Russian and Belarusian tennis players.
“If for the media human life is more important than any game, then this question should be asked to Arina Sabalenko and all Russian and Belarusian athletes after each match! (…) It depends only on you whether you condemn Russian crimes, whether you justify yourself and provide an alibi,” wrote Dominik Hasek.
Source: Wprost
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