"WTA rules state that all players must be allowed to compete on the WTA based solely on merit, without discrimination. We will continue to review the situation as we factor important considerations around these complex geopolitical issues."
Well, WTA, which is it?
You condone these unilateral deportings and/or bans to certain players... or you do not. There's no in-between according to your rules.
Where does it say you defer to a venue's organizational bans, therefor players refused entry can go home and suck it up??
What the fuck is wrong with WTA anymore that they cannot make a solid decision? Instead they continue to pretend they have no power. The old 'head-in-the-sand' routine.
So, individuals can now force Tennis Governing Bodies who may or may not compete at tournaments. What an absolute disgrace and what has the world come too?!! Why does this not apply to the US, Brittain, Germany, France and other Western Countries who are still involved in the internal affairs of other countries. Not to speak of the millions of innocent people they've killed in Iraq, Lybia, Syria, Yemen and many more other countries.
Will players of these countries also be banned on request of Russian, Belarus, India, China and more than 50 other countries if they decide to sign a petition, doing the same and arguing on the same principles as is being argued by Ukraine players and supported by individuals of other Western Countries at the moment!?
Of course not! We all kow the hypocracy and double standards which we experience on a daily basis. Their could have been peace in Ukraine already if it wasn't for Boris Johnson who stopped the process when he visited their comedian President earlier the year and then went on to convince NATO Countries to gang up, suppprting Ukraine and keep on sending them weapons to keep on fighting. Thousands have died since then in both sides. Where are the the so called leaders who believe in peace!!!?? How many must still die before, as John Lennon sang many moons ago...... "Give peace a Chance." Ordiary people must start to rise up in every country now demanding that their so called leaders enter into negotiations to find a solution for this war...... one where borh sides made mistakes but actually started off when Kiev decided to shoot and bomb Russian speaking Ukranians in the East of the country after radical groups took control in Kiev with the help and support of the US.
Don't bother explaining your bs. Nobody cares about your crazy propaganda and lies. The truth is obvious. One country wants to be free and democratic the other (a tyranic dictatorship led by a corrupt tyrant) wants to dominate, manipulate and enslave it's neighbour by using brutal force. Of course Ukraine is no angel but at this point that is irrelevant.
God told me he supports Ukraine! He said we should ban anyone sponsored by the Russian or Belarus governments. Exactly what you would expect God to say!