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Umhlaba No.1 Iga Świątek ucele ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kwabadlali base-Ukraine beNhlangano Yethenisi Yabesifazane (WTA), wengeza ngokuthi “konke esixoxa ngakho kuthenisi kumayelana nabadlali baseBelarusian nabaseRussia.”
Ukuphawula kuka-Świątek ngoLwesibili kulandela izehlakalo zomqhudelwano we-Indian Wells, lapho u-Anastasia Potapova waseRussia egqoke ijezi lebhola lezinyawo iSpartak Moscow, kanti umdlali wase-Ukraine uLesia Tsurenko wahoxa kulo mqhudelwano kuleli sonto.
UTsurenko ubezodlala neBelarusian u-Aryna Sabalenka kodwa akagcinanga ngokungena enkantolo ngoMsombuluko, nesikhungo sezindaba sakwaReuters. ukubika ukuthi abahleli bathi umuntu wase-Ukraine uhoxile ngenxa yezizathu zakhe.
Lapho ebuzwa ngoTsurenko esithangamini sabezindaba sangemva komdlalo, isihlabani sasePoland esineminyaka engu-21 u-Świątek sithe: “Ngikuqonda kahle ukuthi kungani ehoxile, ngoba ngokweqiniso ngiwahlonipha kakhulu amantombazane ase-Ukraine, ngoba uma njengebhomu lafika ezweni lami. noma uma umuzi wami ucekelwa phansi, angazi noma ngingakwazi yini ukukumela lokho.”
Kusukela ngoMashi 12, okungenani izakhamizi eziyi-8,231 zibulewe kwathi eziyi-13,734 zalimala ekuhlaseleni kweRussia i-Ukraine, eyaqala ngomhla zingama-24 kuFebhuwari ngonyaka owedlule. ngokuvumelana ne iHhovisi likaKhomishana Omkhulu Wenhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Wamalungelo Abantu.
I-OHCHR ithi ikholelwa ukuthi izibalo zangempela “ziphakeme kakhulu, njengoba ukwamukelwa kolwazi oluvela kwezinye izindawo lapho ubutha obushubile bubambezelekile futhi imibiko eminingi isalinde ukuqinisekiswa.”
“Ngibona kufanele kwenziwe okuningi ukusiza abadlali base-Ukraine ngoba konke esikuxoxayo kuthenisi kumayelana nabadlali baseBelarusian nabaseRussia,” kusho u-Świątek ngoLwesibili.
U-Świątek uphinde wagxeka ubuholi be-WTA ngemuva kokuthi uPotapova waseRussia engene enkantolo ngeSonto egqoke ihembe lebhola lezinyawo laseSpartak Moscow ngaphambi komdlalo wakhe noJessica Pegula waseMelika. UPotopova useke wathwetshulwa egqoke leli hembe izikhathi eziningi, okuhlanganisa naseDubai, esithombeni asifake kweyakhe i-akhawunti ye-Instagram.
“Kuyisimo esinzima,” kusho u-Świątek.” Kunokushuba okukhulu egunjini lokushintshela, okusobala ukuthi kuzoba khona, ngoba kunempi.
“Kodwa mhlawumbe kufanele kube kancane uma i-WTA ibeka isenzo esithile ekuqaleni sokuchazela wonke umuntu ukuthi yini elungile nengalungile,” kwengeza u-Świątek.
I-CNN ifinyelele i-WTA ukuze iphawule kulandela ukugxekwa kuka-Świątek.
Phambilini ngoLwesibili, lapho ibuzwa ngokuhoxa kukaTsurenko, i-WTA ithe ku-CNN: “Okokuqala, siyayazisa imizwa uLesia nabo bonke abasubathi bethu base-Ukraine abanayo futhi siyaqhubeka nokuphatha kulesi sikhathi esinzima kakhulu.
“Sibona impi esabekayo eqhubekayo nokuletha izimo ezingalindelekile nemiphumela efinyelela kude ethinta umhlaba, kanye ne-WTA Tour yomhlaba wonke namalungu ayo.
“I-WTA ikhombise ngokungaguquki ukweseka kwethu ngokugcwele i-Ukraine futhi izigxeka kakhulu izenzo ezivezwe nguHulumeni waseRussia.
“Ngalokhu, isimiso esibalulekile se-WTA sisekhona, esiqinisekisa ukuthi abasubathi ngabanye bangabamba iqhaza emicimbini yethenisi yobungcweti ngokusekelwe kokufaneleka nangaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokucwasa, futhi abangajeziswa ngenxa yezinqumo ezithathwe ubuholi bezwe labo,” isitatimende se-WTA sengeziwe.
Owine kathathu i-grand slam u-Świątek uqhubekile nefomu yakhe encomekayo ngoLwesithathu, wafinyelela kuma-quarterfinal e-Indian Wells ngemuva kokuhlula u-Emma Raducanu 6-3 6-1.
NgoLwesibili, u-Świątek wehlule umpetha we-US Open ka-2019 u-Bianca Andreescu ngamasethi aqondile.
