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Controversy surrounds Veronika Kudermetova’s Tatneft sponsorship on tennis dress: Will she have to ditch the logo for Wimbledon?

Professional athletes frequently have corporate sponsorships that provide financial support for their careers, and tennis players are no exception. However, sometimes those sponsorships can come with controversy, as is currently the case with Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova‘s affiliation with Tatneft.

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Tatneft is Russia’s fifth-largest oil and gas company which has been sanctioned by the European Union for supplying the Russian army with tyres in the context of its invasion of Ukraine.