US Open for inviting Belarusian world No 22 Victoria Azarenka to compete in their upcoming charity match to raise money for the efforts in Ukraine.
Marta Kostyuk and Lesia Tsurenko said they would be snubbing the exhibition after organisers failed to ask if they were comfortable with a Belarusian playing, and slammed Azarenka for failing to condemn the war in the past.
The US Open recently announced that they would be implementing a number of measures to raise money for Ukraine's efforts in the war, including staging an exhibition match with the likes of Rafael Nadal and Coco Gauff a week before the final Grand Slam of the season started.
Organisers also revealed that they had "strongly considered" following in Wimbledon's footsteps by implementing a ban on Russian and Belarusian players but instead thought it would send a stronger message to allow them to compete and invite them to the charity match, with Azarenka accepting their invitation to play.
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