“So has anyone shot it down from their backyard yet”: Roddick, Navratilova and Sandgren react to alleged Chinese spy balloon

Former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova and Andy Roddick, and fellow American Tennys Sandgren weighed in on the alleged Chinese spy balloon shot down by the United States.

Global repercussion has had the recent information about a Chinese spy balloon that entered the airspace of the North American country and was shot down. Some people linked to the world of tennis have reacted on their social networks about the event that has generated international tension.

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The first to comment was Andy Roddick, who through Twitter ironized about the facts, to which Martina Navratilova responded:

https://twitter.com/Martina/status/1622096386668756993?s=20&t=ILe7cnalpFjsSyMvgf5NAw

Also, the American tennis player Tennys Sandgren shared his impressions:

https://twitter.com/TennysSandgren/status/1621716291538001920?s=20&t=ILe7cnalpFjsSyMvgf5NAw

Now, official information says the object was quickly shot down off the coast of South Carolina, with the intervention of an American fighter jet.

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