New York – Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Serenko has filed a revised case that accuses WAA Tour and its chairman Steve Simon, “neglect and” neglect of sensitive crisis “because it has directed Russian and Belarusian players before the Ukraine war.
Serenko, who was once in the top 25 in the world, claimed in the case that the Executive of W. Simon, who was at the time, was his chief executive officer – the meeting failed to face the assurances with Ukrainian players that the organization would ban Russian or Belarusian players who would publicly support Ukraine.
The revised case filed in the Federal Court for the southern district of New York was approved by the European Union to supply a patch to the French Open for Russian player Veronica Kudarmetova Sponsor Draft.
“Despite this promise,” Serenko claimed, “The accused Steve Simon or Defendant W. none of the Russian and Belarus players who publicly supported the war.”
In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, the WTA said that it was “steady and clear in condemning the Russian war against the Russian war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”
The statement said, “In compatible with our position,” WAA has taken numerous steps to help our Ukrainian players, who have faced great challenges as professional athletes. WA has been equally clear that it adjusts to their merits and adjusts to their rules that all women are based on their merits and provide their rules that are suitable for all women. This is where separate athletes should not be punished for their government’s activities. “
Shortly after February 222, Russia’s full-scale aggression in Russia, the WA Tour, ATP Tour and the International Tennis Federation issued a joint statement that it was said that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to compete under their country’s flags. This policy remains “Independent neutral athlete” at the Paris Olympics last year to Russian and Belarusian athletes; Russian player Mirra Andreva and Diana Shanider won the women’s doubles in women’s doubles.
Depending on Sereno’s case, he was forced to withdraw from an event in Indian Wales because of the possible attacks against the Russian and Belarusians, and he “reduced his acting in additional pressure, influenced his acting in tennis games and influencing his acting on injury to his feelings.”
Safegating WTA Director Lindson Brandon told Susurenco in 2021 that Simon would be investigated for his code of conduct. However, in October, the company informed him that Simon had not violated any of his code or employee’s handbook. Sereno tried to apply but failed.
“Even in my worst nightmare, I can’t imagine that the professional tour, which I considered my home, would be a horrible and foreign place, where the CEO of the organization (ex -excurse) consciously worked morally torturing me, causing my inability to do a panic and my inability to do my work,” Sereno wrote on Tuesday.
The initial allegations filed in November have requested a trial by jury.
Lawyer Rose, a law agency representing the WTA, filed a proposal to dismiss the case last month that Sereno’s claims were “legally defective”. To decide whether it will continue to dismiss it for the WAR to make it until 30 April.
On Wednesday, he said, “Although W.S. Susurenco and our other Ukrainian athletes have the most sympathy to the significant challenges,” the statement said on Wednesday, “We are disappointed that we have been involved in the case for his distress, we have been involved in the case and we are involved in our case. I worked according to the rules “”
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