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\n \n World No.1 Iga \u015awi\u0105tek<\/a> has called for more support for Ukrainian players from the Women\u2019s Tennis Association (WTA), adding that \u201ceverything we discuss in tennis is about Belarusian and Russian players.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u015awi\u0105tek\u2019s comments on Tuesday follow incidents at the Indian Wells tournament, where Russia\u2019s Anastasia Potapova wore a Spartak Moscow soccer jersey, and Ukrainian player Lesia Tsurenko pulled out of the tournament this week.\n <\/p>\n \n Tsurenko had been due to play against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka but did not end up taking to the court Monday, with Reuters news agency reporting<\/a> that organizers said that the Ukrainian had withdrawn for personal reasons.\n <\/p>\n \n When asked about Tsurenko at her post-match press conference, the 21-year-old Polish star \u015awi\u0105tek said: \u201cI totally understand why she withdrew, because honestly I respect the Ukrainian girls so much, because if like a bomb landed in my country or if my home was destroyed, I don\u2019t know if I could handle that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n As of March 12, at least 8,231 civilians have been killed and 13,734 injured in Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, which began 24 February last year, according to <\/a>the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.\n <\/p>\n \n OHCHR says it believes that the actual figures are \u201cconsiderably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI feel more should be done to help Ukrainian players because everything we discuss in tennis is about Belarusian and Russian players,\u201d \u015awi\u0105tek said Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u015awi\u0105tek was also critical of the WTA\u2019s leadership after Russian Potapova entered the court Sunday wearing a Spartak Moscow soccer shirt ahead of her match against American Jessica Pegula. Potopova has been pictured wearing the shirt on several occasions, including in Dubai, in a photo she posted to her own Instagram account.\n <\/p>\n
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