Fighting For Ukrainian Sovereignty, Tennis Legend Andrei Medvedev Joins The Fight Against Russian Invasion

Sergiy Stakhovsky bersama Andrei Medvedev (Instagram @sergiystakhovsky)

JAKARTA - The number of Ukrainian sports figures who fought against the Russian invasion continues to increase.

Previously there were names such as former boxer and current mayor of Kyiv Vitaly Klitschko, former boxer Wladimir Klitschko, Tiraspol Sheriff's coach Yuriy Vernydub, and cyclist Andrei Tchmil.

Now, former Roland Garros finalist tennis player Andrei Medvedev is fighting for Ukrainian sovereignty.

This is known through former Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky who posted a photo on Instagram with Medvedev.

"World tennis legend Andriy Medvedev remains in Kyiv and is ready to face the enemy. I am very happy to see the captain of the Ukrainian national tennis team, Andriy Medvedev. Ukrainian Patriot," Stakhovsky wrote in his post.

Some of Medvedev's achievements in tennis include 11 ATP titles. Medvedev reached the Roland Garros final by eliminating Pete Sampras in the second round and Guga Kuerten in the quarter-finals.

He won the first two sets of Roland Garros' last match against André Agassi. However, Agassi regained the lead and came back with three sets in a row.

Meanwhile, according to a note released by Reuters, Oleksiy Arestovich, adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky's chief of staff, said the conflict would end when Vladimir Putin's government ran out of resources to continue the offensive.

"I think that no later than May, early May, we should have a peace deal, maybe much earlier, we will see, I am talking about the latest possible date," Arestovich said in a video published by several Ukrainian media outlets.

It should be borne in mind that the confrontation began last February 24 when Putin ordered a military strike unprecedented in Europe since World War II. The attack began when Russia rained rockets on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.