Russian Tennis Stars Andrey Rublev & Jiří Veselý Write 'No War Please' On Camera At Dubai Championship - WATCH
Dubai Tennis Championship: Both these Russian tennis stars wrote: "No War" on cameras at the competition. Watch the videos below.
World no. 2 tennis player Andrey Rublev is currently playing at the Dubai Tennis Championship. His gesture after winning the semi-final is winning hearts on the internet.
The Russian seed, after defeating Hubert Hurkacz in the semi-final, walked towards a camera and wrote "No War Please" on it. A similar gesture was followed by Jiří Veselý who also wrote "No War" on a camera at the Dubai Championship.
Take a look at the gestures by Andrey Rublev & Jiří Veselý:
🇨🇿 Jiří Veselý follows up 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev's message from the other semifinal with a similar message of his own.
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 25, 2022
"No war!"
(🎥: ATP) pic.twitter.com/6OW0GKtoci
Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev writing "No war please" on the camera after his win in Dubai today.
— Read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin (@JoshuaPotash) February 25, 2022
pic.twitter.com/KCi5f36lSb
Russian military operation in Ukraine has not only been condemned by leaders across the world, but protests within the country is growing against President Vladimir Putin's aggression.
Rublev and Veselýare the latest entrants in the anti-war rhetoric. More than 900 people were arrested in Moscow alone, while 400 arrests were made in Saint Petersburg. Protestors in 53 Russian cities stood in solidarity with Ukraine.
Interestingly, Jiří Veselý and Rublev will face each other in an all-Russian Dubai Championship final on Saturday. The match willbe played at 8:30 om IST.
Veselý is in great form as he defeated world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in the quarter-final of the Dubai Championship.
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