Latvia has cut off funding to tennis players who compete n the same tournaments as Russian and Belarusian players. The move is bizarre because Latvian players have no control over who the tournament allows to participate.

Among the players impacted is Jelena Ostapenko. Speaking of the move, Ostapenko said,

Of course they have reached out, but honestly there is really nothing to do because I’m not organizing tournaments. The WTA is the one who is organizing tournaments and I don’t have any opportunities to play in any other tournaments

Luckily for Ostapenko, she can support herself financially. But lower-ranked tennis players from Latvia will pay a price.

This looks like a petty move by the Latvian government. Where else are the Latvian players going to play if they can’t play at tournaments that have Russian and Belarusian players?

Holger Rune is quietly building a reputation for being a whiner and a drama queen. In the latest flare-up, he got into an argument with Stan Wawrinka at Indian Wells after losing the match in a third-set tie-break.

Wawrinka and Rune have a history. In their previous match, which Wawrinka lost, he asked Rune to “grow up” and stop being a baby. After their latest match, Rune asked Wawrinka, “You have got nothing to say now” and Wawrinka replied, What do you want me to say”.

Wawrinka thinks Holger Rune has huge potential but he is not building a good reputation in the locker room

He is a great young player, has an enormous potential, but he is building a reputation in the locker room which he will regret of one day.

-Stan Wawrinka

Stan Wawrinka is returning from an injury layoff and climbing back up in the rankings. After reaching the quarterfinals at Rotterdam and Marseille, he got back inside the top 100.