Alexandr is one of the most enjoyable tennis players in the circuit. His quick service, change of directions and devil slices make him completely unpredictable. Once Rafa jokingly that he is a mad player.
Unfortunately, we will not have the chance to seeing him playing the next Olympics due to the fact that he didn’t play the Davis Cup for 5 years because fo some … different views… with his tennis Federation.
“I didn’t play Davis Cup, so I couldn’t play at the Olympics,” Dolgopolov said in a phone interview. “It’s pretty bad, but that’s how it goes. I take it how it is, and I hope I can play the next one. It’s pretty much some conflicts with the federation” This conflict made him even consider to change his nationality to join the Russian team.
“We couldn’t find a solution to the problems, so we just put it on standby and I couldn’t play for the team at this moment,” Dolgopolov said. “I really don’t want to take that all up officially in the press. It’s been a long time since we had a few problems so we couldn’t find a way to agree. I hope it will get better in the upcoming years.”
Apparently the problem is about money as the Ukranian Federation states.
“The Federation has no possibility to pay this contract,” Kevlych said. “Even for the player of such level.
“We’d like to make a reasonable agreement,” he added. “And we really want Alex to play for the national team. Of course, not for free. But on a reasonable condition, probably better than all other Ukrainian top players have on the team. All of us are ready to hide our personal ego. And we are waiting for the same from the player.”
Pity, Olympics should not be about money…but time is changing.
