 Welcome back to Tennis Talk. My name's Cam Williams and with the conflict going on in Russia and Ukraine at the moment some of the Russian tennis players might be affected by what's happening in with that conflict that's happening over in Russia and Ukraine and they might be banned from some future tournaments now the Ukrainian Tennis Federation have come out and written a letter to the ITF So let's go over to the Ukrainian statement to the ITF now and the Tennis Federation in Ukraine They say Ukrainian Tennis Federation expresses its demands to the International Tennis Federation to immediately expel the Russian Tennis Federation and the Belarus Tennis Federation from its membership in the ITF Probably the reason should not be explained, but here are some facts. The unprecedented cynical and bloody attack of Russia and Belarus on Ukraine has been going on for four days now. Civilians are dying including women and children Civilian infrastructure is collapsing. This is a full-scale war that will push our country back decades All this is happening in the geographical center of Europe. The world has not known anything like this since World War two This is a ruthless war of extermination Russia and Belarus have no right not only to hold international competitions on their territories But also to a participate in all ITF team and individual tournaments abroad. Board of the Ukrainian Tennis Federation Hopes for your strong position in consideration of this demand So there you have it the Ukrainian Tennis Federation are saying that they want not only tournaments pulled out of Russia and Belarus which has already happened as we just read from the ITF But they also want you know Russian and Belarusian teams pulled out of ITF team Events like the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup and they also want players to be pulled out of events as well Which means the Grand Slams with the ITF own they could be affected So Medvedev, Rublev, Pavlya Tchenkova, Azarenka, Sabalenka Those are some of the big names that we're talking about when we're talking about Belarusian and Russian players They could be pulled out of ITF events if the ITF do Consider what the Ukrainian Tennis Federation are proposing So this could have massive ramifications over the next couple of months on the Grand Slam scene and Some big names pulling out of slams or being pulled out of the Grand Slams. Let me know down in the comments below What do you think's gonna happen? Do you think that the Russian and Belarusian players should be punished for what's happening over in the Ukraine? Or do you think they should maybe have a lighter punishment or maybe not be punished at all because it's not their fight And it's not their fault of what's happening. Let me know down in the comments below