

Former world no.13 player from Ukraine, Alexandr Dolgopolov retired from tennis last year. Since then, he has been enjoying life off the court. However, his enjoyment was cut short by the recent clash between two respected European countries.
Meanwhile, the world has shaken up with the current situation in Europe. Also, the whole tennis world voiced their opinion on the current scenario. Many stars, including Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Naomi Osaka, Felix Auger Aliassime, and others, shared their thoughts on the current scenario. Recently, Alexandr Dolgopolov shared a video on social media, which was truly disturbing to see.
💙🇺🇦💛 pic.twitter.com/MP0Y1J97OR
— Félix AugerAliassime (@felixtennis) February 25, 2022
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Alexandr Dolgopolov shares a disturbing video
Earlier, many youth and older people gathered around the streets of many cities, protesting against the current conflict happening between the two European countries. However, police officers didn’t show any mercy to those people gathered on the streets. In that video that Dolgopolov shared, we can see terrible things happening to those protesters.
The former Ukrainian tennis player, took to Twitter and shared the video and wrote in the caption, “People of russia don’t want this war. Share all, please… meetings in all big russian city’s against war!”
People of russia don’t want this war. Share all, please🙏🏻 meetings in all big russian city’s against war! pic.twitter.com/hPCF4JUQCL
— Alex Dolgopolov (@TheDolgo) February 24, 2022
Many tennis stars react
Players like Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev showed their full support for peace around the world. After winning his semi-final match against Hubert Hurkacz at the Dubai Open, Andrey Rublev wrote an important message on the camera to show his stance on the whole tense situation.
❤️@AndreyRublev97 pic.twitter.com/Ul9Hg8SRvS
— ATP Tour (@atptour) February 25, 2022
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Soon to be World no.1, Daniil Medvedev also voiced his opinion on the current matter. He said, “By being a tennis player, I want to promote peace all over the world. We play in so many different countries; I’ve been in so many countries as a junior and as a pro. It’s just not easy to hear all this news. … I’m all for peace.”
Daniil Medvedev: "By being a tennis player, I want to promote peace all over the world. We play in so many different countries; I've been in so many countries as a junior and as a pro. It's just not easy to hear all this news. … I'm all for peace."
— Gaspar Ribeiro Lança (@gasparlanca) February 25, 2022
American tennis player Amanda Anisimova also showed her disappointment on Twitter, as she wrote, “no words for what is happening.”
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#nohumanity 💔 no words for what is happening
— A (@AnisimovaAmanda) February 25, 2022
Despite the current situation, many tennis stars are focusing on tennis, as they are playing in various tournaments around the World. However, all of them have the same opinion regarding the heartbreaking scenario.
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