"Personally, I try to avoid them": Krejcikova believes Russian players create tension with their views

Barbora Krejcikova has no interest in interracting with Russian players believing some of them do create tension with some of the views they hold.

There has been a lot of talk recently about plenty of tension in WTA locker rooms due to the Ukraine - Russian war which the latter created by invading their neighbour. Ukranian players have been fiercely advocating for more help but very little came from the organisations including the ATP and WTA.

Some Russians do create tensions in the locker room according to Krejcikova who simply avoids them alltogether:

"Yes, I feel it. On both sides. But there are some Russians who create it. They don't speak publicly, but we see what they do in the locker room. Personally, I try to avoid them."

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She expanded by confirming that she has been in contact with Ukranian players since the start:

"I have been in contact with them since the beginning of the war. At the very beginning, I wrote to them to find out if everything was okay with them, if I could help in any way. I tried to support them. I know what is happening at home, I follow the news."

She also added that she personally doesn't think Russian and Belarusian athletes should be at the Olympics:

"I think that the Olympics have always been a celebration of friendship and peace. And if the country is waging an aggressive war, then it clearly does not respect these ideals. Anyone who supports an attack on a neighboring country has no place at the Olympics."

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