{"id":1830671,"date":"2023-01-31T17:04:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T22:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1830671"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T22:04:50","slug":"you-keep-dragging-players-into-it-tennis-star-victoria-azarenka-blasts-reporters-for-asking-political-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-keep-dragging-players-into-it-tennis-star-victoria-azarenka-blasts-reporters-for-asking-political-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Keep Dragging Players Into It\u2019: Tennis Star Victoria Azarenka Blasts Reporters For Asking Political Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyou-keep-dragging-players-into-it-tennis-star-victoria-azarenka-blasts-reporters-for-asking-political-questions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1830671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>After her match at the Australian Open tennis tournament, Victoria Azarenka attacked reporters for asking her questions about Russia. \u201cdragging players\u201d into it.<\/p>\n<p>During the Belarusian player\u2019s recent press conference following her semifinals match, one reporter after another kept trying to get the professional tennis player to weigh in on pro-Russian demonstrations at the tournament by supporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/victoria-azarenka-blasts-reporters-australian-open-over-political-questions\">Fox News<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what you guys want us to do about it,\u201d Azarenka said. \u201cLike talk about it? I don\u2019t know what\u2019s the goal here that it\u2019s continuously brought up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese incidents that, in my opinion, have nothing to do with players, but somehow you keep dragging players into it. So what\u2019s the goal here?\u201d She continued. \u201cI think you should ask yourself that question, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Victoria Azarenka, tennis superstar, is fed up with Left wing journos asking questions about Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever the answer I&#8217;m going to give to you right now, it&#8217;s going to be turned whichever way you want to turn it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S5y4pUzu1E\">pic.twitter.com\/S5y4pUzu1E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1620298348375998465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A second reporter tried to ask the question about pro-Russian display but in a different format. Azarenka replied by blasting back and saying that she had no answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the answer I\u2019m going to give it to you right now, it\u2019s going to be turned whichever way you want to turn it to,\u201d The tennis star was also a friend. \u201cSo does it bother me? What bothers me is there\u2019s real things that\u2019s going on in the world. And I don\u2019t know. Are you a politician? Are you? Are you covering politics?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter responded that they cover sports, and the player of tennis hit back. \u201cYes, and I\u2019m an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you\u2019re asking me about things that maybe somebody says are in my control, but I don\u2019t believe that,\u201d Azarenka shared. \u00a0\u201cSo I don\u2019t know what you want me to answer. And if it\u2019s a provocative question, then, you know, you can spin the story however you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was also asked what her thoughts were on the topic. \u201cscrutiny surrounding Russian and Belarusian players\u201d If it were \u201cdifficult\u201d She will be grateful \u201cput all those things out\u201d The outlet also noted that her mind was active while she played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther players get impacted by what exactly are you asking me?\u201d The reporter attempted to interview the tennis star again but was called out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re here talking about it right now, so obviously it\u2019s a topic you want to continue to bring up and up and up again,\u201d Victoria responded. \u00a0\u201cSo I don\u2019t know what you want me to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, images were released showing the greatness of tennis.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/novak-djokovic\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>\u2018s father, Srdjan Djokovic, reportedly posing with fans holding Russian flags, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-father-putin-australian-open-b2271411.html\">the Independent<\/a> noted. Djokovic\u2019His father insists that he was not aware of the pro-Russian demonstration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/it-stays-with-you-novak-djokovic-back-in-australia-after-dramatic-detention-deportation-over-vaccine\">It \u2018Stays With You\u2019: Novak Djokovic Back In Australia After Dramatic Detention, Deportation Over\u00a0Vaccine<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis star Victoria Azarenka blasted reporters who kept asking her political questions about Russia following her match at the Australian Open, accusing them of \u201cdragging players\u201d into it. 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