![]() ![]() ![]() In Medvedev’s case, all he could do was keep expressing the hope that he’d be allowed to play anywhere at all.įrom a results perspective, Medvedev seemed to take his new status harder. They were banned from playing in the inaugural United Cup. They were banned from defending their Davis Cup title. The ATP removed the Russian flags from their names. From a personal and professional standpoint, the invasion had to have a dispiriting effect on both men. Rublev did it in particularly memorable fashion, scrawling “No war please” across a camera lens after one of his matches at this same event in Dubai. It’s a day that Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev would surely rather forget.īoth of these Moscow natives quickly voiced their disapproval for the their government’s action. A week ago the world marked the one-year anniversary of the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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