Basilashvili corrected a small but rather insulting injustice. And Danya did not spare the opponent.
Against the backdrop of repeated provocations and contempt for Russian athletes in international competitions, you don’t expect to see the manifestation of the most ordinary human solidarity that goes beyond politics and national discrimination.
However, there are exceptions. And sometimes they become not only unexpected, but also very pleasant. At the match of the Erste Bank Open tennis tournament in Vienna, Georgia’s first racket Nikoloz Basilashvili supported Russia’s first racket Daniil Medvedev.
A true man act by Nikoloz!
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Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili, winner of five ATP singles tournaments and Georgia’s first racket, covered his name on the scoreboard with a towel during a match with Daniil Medvedev. Apparently, Nikoloz did this as a sign of solidarity with the Russian athlete.
The match between the Georgian and the Russian took place in Vienna as part of the 1/16 finals of the Erste Bank Open. Daniil, despite all doubts about his form after the recent removal from the ATP tournament in Astana, confidently defeated his opponent with the score of 2: 0 (6: 2, 6: 2). Medvedev faced Basilashvili in just an hour.
From the very beginning, the Russian attacked the opponent and after a few minutes led 3: 0. In the future, Daniil confidently took his services and created serious problems for the opponent on someone else. He ended up making four breaks with ten aces and two double fouls.
The meeting of the athletes hardly would have attracted special attention of the fans, if it were not for the act of the Georgian. According to the tradition of this tournament, the names of the players are written in their native language, but the name of the Russian tennis player, predictably enough, was indicated in Latin. Basilashvili’s first and last name have been highlighted in Georgian.
During one of the breaks, Nikoloz drew attention to this small, but nonetheless unpleasant, injustice: the Georgian tennis player covered the screen on which his name was shown with a black towel, then continued the game. Basilashvili’s act arouses great respect, but at the same time fears for the possible persecution of Nikoloz at home. Let’s hope that the wave of hatred still bypasses the Georgian athlete.
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