“I deleted all inboxes and that’s it.” Putintseva spoke out about the hate after withdrawing from the Olympics – Tennis

29th racket of the world, Kazakhstani tennis player Yulia Putintsevaspoke about the hate directed at her after refusing to perform at the Olympic Games inParisSports.kz reports with reference to Championat.com.

— What were your mood after your refusal? Unexpectedly, it happened that both you and Rybakina were unable to play.
“I didn’t know anything about Lena.” She didn’t communicate, even inviting the couple to play, but she replied that she wouldn’t. I thought about mixed doubles with Shevchenko, but then it all worked out. I understood that if I performed, it would only be in singles, so I abandoned the idea of ​​mixed doubles and couldn’t play at all.

Yes, there was a small attack on social networks, but I turned off my phone and it was fine. She probably didn't come in for a week. Then I deleted all incoming messages – that’s all.

— Has the Federation contacted you?
– They helped me, we did everything possible to recover for the Olympics, but yes, until the last…