WTA bars Quevedo from wearing black armband in tribute to Spain train crash victims
The WTA refused to let Kaitlin Quevedo wear a black armband in tribute to the 69 people killed in the train crash in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday (28). The 20-year-old, ranked 86th, beat Jil Teichmann 7/6 (7-2), 6/3 in the Guangzhou quarter-finals; the rule cited by the WTA dates from October 2024.
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Kaitlin Quevedo queria usar uma braçadeira preta para homenagear as 69 pessoas mortas na colisão de trens em Urda, na Espanha, na quarta-feira (28). A WTA não permitiu.
O acidente ocorreu a uns 140 quilômetros ao sul de Madri e deixou mais de 100 feridos; entre as vítimas está Julieta Gallego, atleta espanhola do salto em distância.
Número 86 do ranking e campeã do SP Open, Quevedo, de 20 anos, nasceu em Naples (Flórida) e tem cidadania espanhola. Antes de bater a suíça Jil Teichmann por 7/6 (7-2) e 6/3 nesta sexta-feira (30), pelas quartas em Guangzhou, ela pediu autorização aos organizadores para usar o adereço durante o jogo. O pedido foi negado.
O jornal “Marca” escreveu que a cor preta é vetada e que o acessório poderia ser de outra cor. Já o “As” apontou uma norma da WTA aprovada em outubro de 2024. Nas palavras do regulamento, a proibição alcança a “exibição de qualquer símbolo ou slogan que esteja associado ou pretenda estar associado a uma organização de beneficência, causa, movimento ou partido político nas jogadoras ou equipamento, antes, durante ou depois de disputar um jogo nos torneios da WTA, a menos que faça parte de uma iniciativa ou campanha oficial apoiada pela WTA”.
Na ATP não houve problema: em Basileia, o espanhol Rafael Jódar pôde usar um laço preto na manga do uniforme.
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