Ukrainian tennis player Oleksandra Oliynykova, currently ranked No. 68 in the world, claims she has faced threats of severe fines and disqualification from the WTA for criticizing Russian and Belarusian players, calling for their exclusion from tournaments due to their perceived support of Russian propaganda, while asserting her right to free speech amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine. #Tennis #FreeSpeech #SportsAndPolitics #UA #RU #BY #UZ #CZ
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Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova denounces WTA's response to criticism of Russian, Belarusian tennis players
ROME -- Oleksandra Oliynykova, the Ukrainian world No. 68, says that she has been "threatened with fines of tens of thousands of dollars" and "disqualification" by the women's tour over her criticism of specific Russian and Belarusian tennis players, including Belarusian world No.