Ashleigh Barty’s Shock Announcement, Jack Sock Is One Of The Best In Doubles

In a surprise annoucement, world number 1 Ashleigh Barty announced her retirement from tennis at age 25 (ESPN)

After almost not playing the final at Indian Wells, Taylor Fritz beat Rafael Nadal to win his biggest title (ATP)

Iga Swiatek will move to world number 2 in rankings after beating Maria Sakkari to win the Indian Wells title (ESPN)

John Inser and Jack Sock won the Indian Wells doubles title. Sock has always been a world class doubles player.

Yang Zhaoxuan and Xu Yifan won the women’s doubles title at Indian Wells.

Rafael Nadal is out 4 to 6 weeks with a rib injury. Nadal will miss part of the clay court season but should be ready for the French Open. (Eurosport)

Boris Becker is on trial for hiding his grand slam trophies and not paying his debts (NY Post)

Tennis suspends Russia and Belarus but the countries’ players can compete without their flag (NY Times)

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Why Is There No Russian Flag Next To Daniil Medvedev’s Name?

Daniil Medvedev will no longer have a Russian flag next to his name. The ATP has removed the flag next to Medvedev’s name on its website. Tournaments will also follow a similar protocol to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Medvedev has also removed the Russian flag from his Instagram account. He will competing be as a neutral player without affiliation to any country. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has suspended Russia from team competitions.

But Daniil Medvedev is hopeful that he can play  under the Russian flag again. He said:

Our task is to develop tennis in the countries where each of us comes from and all over the world. For that, you have to play tennis every week at every tournament. At the moment, the only way to continue is to play without a flag, and I will follow this rule. But I hope that this measure will be temporary. I am waiting for the moment when we will be able to carry the flag again next to our names, of the Russian athletes.

But former Ukrainian player Alexandr Dolgopolov feels that Russian tennis players must be banned from the sport.

They (tennis tournaments) lack courage, above all they don’t want to assume the eventual consequences,

Frankly it’s not enough to say ‘We’re against the war”

Every Russian person must pay the price for this aggression

-Alexandr Dolgopolov

Dolgopolov will be fighting with arms to defend his homeland against Russia. He retired from tennis in 2021.

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