"You cannot act like nothing happened": Andrey Rublev continues calls for peace and for war not to be forgotten

Andrey Rublev once again called for peace admitting that it's impossible to act like nothing happened or is happening right now, following his win over Zverev.

Rublev booked his maiden final this year by beating Zverev in Dubai and it comes a year after he did the same last year. He would win the event last year but a scene from the event became viral. Rublev, a Russian called for peace on the day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine becoming the first prominent athlete from that country to make any sort of comment on the situation.

A year later he's still calling for peace:

"You cannot act like nothing happened because it's horrible. Like I was saying all the time, it's crazy that so many just normal citizens suffering, dying. Is just not easy. It's not easy that it's happening in our time when we have all the mobile phones, Internet, social media. There is kids, they just want to do TikTok. In the end happens at the same time these things. It's tough to just understand."

He continued:

"Of course it's affecting. Doesn't matter how you try to do other stuff. The only thing I hope that soon is going to be peace in every countries. Doesn't matter where. I hope is going to be peace in our countries. I hope is going to be peace in other countries where is happening the wars now. It's horrible in our time, this generation, can happen those things."