Victoria Azarenka needs to spend less time criticizing Wimbledon over the ban of Russian and Belarusian players and more time about what Putin is doing to Ukrainian children - Award-winning writer Pete Bodo × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Tennis Citi Open 2022 News Victoria Azarenka needs to spend less time criticizing Wimbledon over the ban of Russian and Belarusian players and more time about what Putin is doing to Ukrainian children - Award-winning writer Pete Bodo By Aman Mohamed Modified 05 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Peter Bodo shares his thoughts on athletes speaking about the Wimbledon ban Victoria Azarenka was forced to miss the 2022 Wimbledon Championships after the tournament banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing. The former World No. 1, who is currently competing at the Citi Open, blamed the All England Club for their ignorance and carelessness for holding firm with the decision. Azarenka, who made the Wimbledon semifinals twice in her career, also mourned a missed opportunity to show that sports can unite people irrespective of political infringements. However, award-winning sportswriter Peter Bodo disagreed with Azarenka and took to Twitter to express his thoughts. "Victoria Azarenka needs to spend less time criticizing Wimbledon over the ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes and more time thinking about what Putin is doing to Ukrainian children, much like her own son Leo. Competing in a Grand Slam tournament is not a human right, basic security is," Peter Bodo tweeted. Pete Bodo@ptbodo@vika7 needs to spend less time criticizing Wimbledon over the ban of #Russia and #Belarus pros and more time thinking about what Putin is doing to Ukrainian children much like her own son Leo. Competing in a Grand slam tournament is not a human right. Basic security is.3@vika7 needs to spend less time criticizing Wimbledon over the ban of #Russia and #Belarus pros and more time thinking about what Putin is doing to Ukrainian children much like her own son Leo. Competing in a Grand slam tournament is not a human right. Basic security is. Russian president Vladimir Putin has refused to stop his invasion and continues to raise hell on the people of Ukraine. Countless men, women and children have lost their lives and the situation only seems to be getting worse with no signs of a ceasefire in sight. Wimbledon@WimbledonTennis Plays for Peace is a joint initiative across tennis to support the humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.Find out more about #TennisPlaysForPeace 895122Tennis Plays for Peace is a joint initiative across tennis to support the humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.Find out more about #TennisPlaysForPeace Victoria Azarenka gearing up for 2022 US Open Victoria Azarenka at the 2021 US Open - Day 5 Victoria Azarenka is currently competing at the Citi Open in Washington DC. She began her campaign with a solid 6-4, 6-0 victory against Dayana Yastremska. The two-time Major winner returned to the tour two months after her last match, which came at the French Open. She was ousted from Roland Garros by Jil Teichamann in a close three-set encounter in the third round. The Belarusian started the year on a positive note by making the quarterfinals at the Adelaide International but hasn't been able to move past the Round of 16 in eight tournaments afterwards. Azarenka has a 75 per cent win ratio at the US Open and has made the finals at the hardcourt Major thrice (2012, 2013, 2020) in her career. However, she has never been able to get over the line and lift the title. US Open Tennis@usopenVika Azarenka has been money on soil in the last two seasons ?2020 Cincinnati: 2020 US Open: Runner-Up2021 Indian Wells: Final vs Badosa48729Vika Azarenka has been money on soil in the last two seasons ?2020 Cincinnati: 2020 US Open: Runner-Up2021 Indian Wells: Final vs Badosa https://t.co/tKJSvqcPt4 While her 2021 US Open campaign ended in the third round against Garbine Murguruza, the 33-year-old will be hoping to make a deep run this year and maybe even clinch the title. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Anirudh × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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