Ukraine: Medvedev ‘sometimes tennis is not that important’

Ukraine, over a thousand people at the presidium for peace in Milan (ANSA)

(ANSA-AFP) – ACAPULCO DE JUÁREZ, 25 FEB – “In this phase we will understand that sometimes tennis is not so important”. This is the first reaction of the new world tennis number one, Russian Daniil Medvedev, on the sidelines of the Acapulco tournament in which he participates and where he spoke about Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine launched Thursday morning. “I woke up with so many emotions,” added the Russian who on Monday will wear the shoes of the new world number 1 in tennis. “It’s dark news,” Spaniard Rafael Nadal reacted. “I don’t want to talk about the culprits or the problem, but in the century we are in it seems incredible to me that there are wars, I can’t understand it, I hope it ends as soon as possible. The only thing I want is that there are fewer people possible death, fewer losses possible “, added the Spaniard.

Medvedev and Nadal participate in the ATP tournament in Acapulco, where they will face each other in the semifinals. (ANSA-AFP).

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