When the news broke out that Anna Tatishvili was ) for her performance not meeting the standards expected of a professional athlete, the Georgian-born American remained silent on social media, but a day later the WTA player voiced her discontent by two retweets, one of them an online petition to reverse the ITF’s decision.
The 29-year-old Tatishvili, who prior to this year’s Roland Garros hadn’t played since October 2017, retweeted a tweet that states:
The fact is that the Grand Slam committee gave clearance to play AND physical examination was performed in Paris prior to match AND match was completed.