In her press conference today, Oleksandra Oliynykova came prepared with receipts.
She showed photos of her next #RolandGarros opponent Diana Shnaider having played at a Gazprom exhibition, and screenshots of her social media likes of Russian “propagandists.”
If you saw the handshake at the net after @AlexZverev and @janniksin in Miami you will understand why it is anything but an empty gesture or passe tradition.
Here’s the situation.
🇺🇦Oleksandra Oliynykova is playing in a WTA main draw for the first time in her career - and she’s already into the semifinals.
Today, she defeated the world No.33, scoring the highest-ranked win of her career.
Now a simple question: how many posts about her can you find on the WTA Instagram page?
Zero. Not one.
Let’s repeat that: a player in a WTA semifinal. Three wins in a row. Zero posts.
Is this normal?
Is this support for Ukrainian players - or even good promotion of women’s tennis at all? 🤔
It's easy to forget what a ham @DjokerNole is at heart. He generates a lot of drama. Even when he's projecting stoicism he's doing it in a very showy way.
In mixed doubles presser,
@NickKyrgios said: "People have said @Gael_Monfils , Kyrgios, we never lived up to our talents."
ATP titles: Monfils 13, Kyrgios 7
ATP match wins: Monfils 583, Kyrgios 204
Grand Slam QF or better: Monfils, 10; Kyrgios 3
apples and oranges