"Everyone is working as hard as possible and attending other tournaments just to get to the four Grand Slams and show their best. Of course, I was frustrated when I found out about the suspension. Everything I earn, I invest in my career and then I am forbidden from doing my work. It is upsetting for sure."
"We offered some solutions that could be really helpful diplomatically - playing in mixed doubles with Ukrainians or not coming for the medals. We wanted to use the platform of a championship to show that we don't fight here, that there is no war in tennis. It's most important now."
"As a tennis player, I could deliver the right message from the court but I kept getting the same answer: The Russian government is going to use our results for propaganda. So whatever I'd say, the answer was, and is, the same. I couldn't understand why they say so."
"I still hope to play in the Olympics again in the future. I really wish. And yes, I am insanely happy to have played and won the Olympic gold. When it happened, I felt on top of the world."
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