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player andre rublev. after his match on friday, he had this message to everyone writing on the camera lens, no war please. the world number seven men s tennis player says it is important to have peace in the world. my match is not important so it is not about my match. because what is happening is much more terrible. his fellow countryman daniel medvedev said he is all for peace, and that is the most important thing right now. and the world of international football is also coming out against the russian invasion of ukraine. the war has prompted one of the sport s most prestigious events being pulled from russia. cnn s sports patrick snell explains. reporter: the most prestigious men s club in
i ve heard that quite a bit. but there s also the madman theory, which is another kind of psychology approach. you can pretend you re mad so your opponents say, oh, my goodness, what is he going to do, we have no idea, therefore we d better be careful. so with vladimir putin, i think we have to look at many different possibilities for what he s doing. but to me, that was really quite a striking piece of video. this is, jill, andre rublev, russian tennis player, writing, no war, please, on a camera lens, after his semifinal win at the dubai championship today. is he not in russia. but how will actions like that go over in moscow? reporter: there s more and more of that. some of it is on social media. some of it is younger people. in fact there actually was the daughter of the press secretary for president putin, econdmitri
manchester city showing their support for ukraine, and for cities alexander lukashenko. the defender moved to tears. emotions running high, too, for his compatriot. both players sharing a powerful, poignant embrace. cash sending a stay strong message to polish international teammate defender thomas kensura who said he is currently in the ukrainian capital. cash booked, though, after scoring. while poland and sweden national teams now say they won t face russia in playoff matches next month, ahead of this world cup in qatar. and andre rublev who made dploebl headlines with his powerful gesture writing no war please on a tv camera, winning the dubai tennis championships this weekend in the uae. pack pat rick snell, cnn atlanta. and another ukrainian athlete is not only using his voice to end the war in his
medvedev from russia, something requested by the uk sports minister, joining us now with more insight is cnn contributor, patrick mcenroe, also an espn commentator, and the host of the holding port podcast. how real is this that he needs to give this assurance, and how, i guess, significant or unprecedented is this, patrick? well, brianna, i think this is unprecedented and i do not think it s going to happen. i don t think it should happen that the russian tennis players, whether it s daniil medvedev or andre rublev, who is still here, he ll play later in the quarter finals, i don t think this makes any sense at all to force the russian players to have to take this kind of political stance. both of those players that i mentioned, medvedev who s number