Russian Dahlia Casatokina’s management team says that the flag errors may have a “strong meaning” after being mistakenly listed as a representative of Spain at the WTA toured laundelemony.
The BBC Sports criticizes Russia’s LGBT rules and is said to have not switched loyalty, opposing the war in Ukraine.
The appearance of the Spanish flag next to the world’s number 11 names in Abu Dhabi’s Open Draw has caused an online discussion that it has decided to stop Russia.
“It’s wrong, and I can definitely deny that she’s switching to Spain,” said Kasatokina’s management.
In the second half of Sunday, the tournament organizer apologized to the 27 -year -old Kasatokina for an error.
“This is a completely administrative mistake and is now corrected,” they said.
Kasatokina, one of the public and one of the gay players on the WTA tour, was released in a video interview.External In July 2022, with Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko.
With the same video, French open semi -finalists in 2022 called for the invasion of Ukraine near Russia. She described the war as a “perfect nightmare.”
Kasatokina’s management said that it was “difficult” for players since discussing the opposition to the sexuality of the war.
Kasatokina, who lives in Dubai and sometimes trains in Spain, has never been to Russia in the past two and a half years.
Her management stated that Abu Dhabi’s error was “potentially very harmful to her.”
They added as follows.
In 2023, the Russian Supreme Court ruled that the “International LGBT movement” was an “extremist organization.”
Human rights activists saidExternal The ruling has raised the right of LGBT and the risk of prosecuting activists.
In the aftermath of Kasatokina’s risks, a Russian politician failed to list as a “foreign agent.”
Last year, Kasatokina told ESPNExternal She was expecting a “result” following her actions.
