Geopolitics cast shadow over Roland Garros as tennis grapples with Russia-Ukraine tensions
TL;DR
As the French Open unfolds, Marta Kostyuk’s Ukrainian run comes into sharp relief against a field that includes Russians competing as neutrals, underscoring tennis’s struggle to navigate geopolitics and governance amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
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