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«At last, all this serpentarium of the WTA-tour showed its face»

Ekaterina Bychkova in her column - about the association of tennis players against Maria Sharapova and the decision of big tournaments not to give her a "wild card".

Translation from Russian.

The original is here:

https://www.championat.com/tennis/article-273704-ekaterina-bychkova-ob-otkaze-rolan-garros-v-uajld-kard-marii-sharapovoj.html

May 20, 2017

Maria Sharapova is still a terrific person. Who else can talk and debate so much all kinds of tennis federations, mass media of all countries and idiots of all stripes and ranks in this world ?! Is it really about Simona Halep or Kristina Mladenovic, may these wonderful girl-players forgive me? From the heart, from the heart! They are really beautiful, and they play great. But even if they eat all the dope on this planet, they will publicly tell about it, repent and then they will leave the term of one year's length, unfortunately, nobody will remember them. And they will not speak for so long. And argue. And swear. And find out the precedents. All really will does not matter. No offense, because it's true. Yes, and to have PR all these girls now can at the expense of Maria is also quite good. Perhaps I will dance on the Masha's Bones. Why not, when yes.

Hallelujah! I waited for my time! So many years I was poured by slops and sent to burn in hell, as soon as I dared to express my personal opinion a couple of times and at the same time not even negative about the world famous beautiful Siberian Cinderella. Strangely enough, I, unlike everyone else, had their own opinion and their own truth in life always. For them, I paid fines, served sentences and had a bunch of all sorts of troubles associated with my work at the WTA. I will also continue to have them and will also express everything, regardless of the desire and mood of people from actively fermenting and uninteresting biomasses.

For some reason the WTA-tour united, showing its true beautiful face. Finally, in public, and even peacefully. I do not mean the organization, of course. She is just now fully supporting Maria, for without her it will be very, very sad for her in the near future. And here I can not but agree with the president of the WTA, who correctly stated that Maria served the punishment that she was awarded. Departed in full. Dot. And in general, she is now a full member of the tour, just like everyone else. Only with one nuance in the biography ...

So, talking about the women's tour, I mean all of our wonderful serpentarium of the players who are actually only happy twice a day, and sometimes in the week: in the first five minutes after their victory and the next five, Then lost out of those who do not like. Usually those who earn the most money on the tour. Well, or, in fact, the one who earns more than them. All the rest of the time they whine, as someone was lucky, and they were unlucky with the net, as again someone has some kind of injury and it's impossible to play the tournament at full strength (and this, for the most part, happens every week, that is "Normally" to play the competition in these players does not work ever), as again acclimatization, as again there is not enough money (they are never enough and always categorically). Whining also about how this one earned in the previous tournament so much and brought with them a man or a woman, and in general, another sports depression knocks on the head, and everything is bad, but again this Sharapova is guilty. Something like this. It would seem, what's with Maria?

What, in fact, has she prevented all these beautiful ladies in the women's tour? The fact that thanks to her a couple more girls "slipped" in the same format of advertising and earned on contracts? The fact that it is objectively better than others looks on the court? The fact that she does not say hello to anyone? About the last - "That's serious?". This is the argument to "pour mud on her" it now with the permission of higher-level instances. Eternal cowards who could not say three words, because they were afraid of being punished by the rules, finally managed to insert their "five cents". Eternal cowards, which for anything not to collect in one heap in order to try to defend their own rights and rules on the tour. Eternal cowards that shake for each sigh, trying to be maximally tolerant, all pleasing and joyful, if only they were allowed to earn good money. These are the most ever mysterious, loyal to everything and everyone who loves everybody in an interview, the girls finally found a target for spitting bile. Yes, even what! At last they can spit everywhere, that Maria Sharapova with them does not greet and does not say goodbye, that she is arrogant. That she is so-and-so-and that in fact no one likes her. Checkmate! Honestly, I think Maria is not very sad about this. Thank God, they can not add to this "Who is she anyway?". Although, of course, the prefix "dopinger" is also not the most pleasant, but still at least she is titled. So it would be trampled in the rhythm of ritual dances, and the ashes would be scattered over the Seine if it were left.

Laughter, and only. In general, everything is very funny. All this is the French hypocrisy, about which I wrote a couple of days ago in one of the social networks. Now even the English give idiots and also for some time join the opinion of the ever-unsatisfied masses. "The French did not give the WC - and we will not give," they estimated. Indeed, why do we need extra money, when it is possible to live without them, we still have the "Grand slam" and the people and so it goes. These attacks of the company HEAD about the allegedly incorrect decision of WADA about the punishment of Maria. Although here they are in something right. WADA always raised questions. And why did WTA and ATP initially let her into tennis, and remains a mystery to me. Another scheming scheme - the only thing that comes to mind when looking at this tandem. But this is a completely different story and other details, let's drop it for the time being. Eugene, again, Kafelnikov performs directly superbly. I would like to applaud standing after each of his phrases. When it is necessary to promote the Federation Cup and carry the flag at the Olympic Games, so Maria is a Russian, but as a "croon", so immediately an American, of course. After all, Russians do not do this. No, no, no, never. 

Very nice. As an Israeli friend wrote to me: "You have generally funny officials in Russia."

Actually, what I wanted to add about Maria. As you understand, I really sympathize with her in this situation, although I never regret her. So it turned out, and so, apparently, for some reason we all had no known reasons should have happened. But I sincerely want that, despite all these, now international, sticks in the wheels, still managed to overcome this difficult path upstairs to quite difficult for thirty years old and once again to show everyone why it is exactly Maria Sharapova . In fact, next year, I will laugh once again on how the director of Roland Garros, who has proved himself to be this year a almost god, will jump around and lick her around, praising her athletic virtues.

Still curious to see how Maria will play in the qualifying Wimbledon. If she still will play them. Because the combination of courts of Rochempton and the degree of recognition of her is difficult to imagine even with the richest and luxurious fantasy. Hm-yes.

O marvelous new tennis world, what happiness, that I no longer have anything to do with you!

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