Melbourne, Jan 17 (Ians) Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Australian Open after a courtside incident on opening day.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, demanded action from the organisers after fans displayed the Russian flag to support Kamilla Rakhimova in her first-round match against Ukraine’s Kateryna Baindl.
“I strongly condemn the public display of the Russian flag during the game of the Ukrainian tennis player Kateryna Baindl at the Australian Open today. I call on Tennis Australia to immediately enforce its ‘neutral flag’ policy,” Myroshnychenko tweeted.
Acknowledging Myroshnychenko’s demand, Tennis Australia on Tuesday said that it had now banned Russian and Belarusian flags from Melbourne Park, effective immediately.
“Flags from Russia and Belarus are banned onsite at the Australian Open. Our initial policy was that fans could bring them in but could not use them to cause disruption. Yesterday we had an incident where a flag was placed courtside.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, demanded action from the organisers after fans displayed the Russian flag to support Kamilla Rakhimova in her first-round match against Ukraine’s Kateryna Baindl.
“I strongly condemn the public display of the Russian flag during the game of the Ukrainian tennis player Kateryna Baindl at the Australian Open today. I call on Tennis Australia to immediately enforce its ‘neutral flag’ policy,” Myroshnychenko tweeted.
Acknowledging Myroshnychenko’s demand, Tennis Australia on Tuesday said that it had now banned Russian and Belarusian flags from Melbourne Park, effective immediately.
“Flags from Russia and Belarus are banned onsite at the Australian Open. Our initial policy was that fans could bring them in but could not use them to cause disruption. Yesterday we had an incident where a flag was placed courtside.
- 1/17/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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