"The WTA is very protective of Russian and Belarusian athletes; this is so cynical, it has no limits" - says Marta Kostyuk

Marta Kostyuk has been the most outspoken Ukrainian player since the war in her native country started and she is not slowing down.

Kostyuk has been heavily in favour of punishing both Russian and Belarussian players and was one of the rare ones that praised Wimbledon's decision. Her opinion has always been that the players should be banned for good which is the harshest anybody has spoken about it, including her own countrymen.

She is also not slowing down in her crticism of the WTA:

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"I have a lot of comments on this topic. It simply does not fit in the head, how this could happen. The WTA is very protective of Russian and Belarusian athletes, they say that NONE of them support Russia and they are all such good guys. But, as we can see, the trigger point in them is the Ukrainian flag. And the fact that the trigger for us is those Russians and Belarusians who support Russia [in the war against Ukraine], no one is interested in that. Our requests to do something are completely ignored."