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'Unacceptable': Calls for Russian star to be punished - CtrlF.XYZ

'Unacceptable': Calls for Russian star to be punished

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Azerbaijan's tennis federation has called for Karen Khachanov to beryllium sanctioned aft the Russian subordinate expressed enactment for the Armenian-majority population surviving successful the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh portion astatine the Australian Open.

Khachanov, who has Armenian heritage, has written "Artsakh enactment strong" connected TV cameras aft matches successful Melbourne.

The Armenian assemblage of Melbourne, successful enactment of Khachanov has attended the Australian Open with the emblem of Artsakh.

Artsakh is the Armenian word for the breakaway authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh, an taste Armenian-majority portion located successful Azerbaijani territory that has been the absorption of decades of conflict.

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Armenian forces took power of ample swathes of territory successful and astir Nagorno-Karabakh successful the aboriginal 1990s; warring past flared intermittently until 2020, erstwhile Azerbaijan seized power implicit ample parts of those territories during a bloody, six-week war.

"I person Armenian roots," Khachanov told reporters aft his quarterfinal triumph against Sebastian Korda connected Tuesday.

"From my father's side, from my grandfather's side, adjacent from my mom's side. I'm fractional Armenian. To beryllium honest, I don't privation to spell deeper than that, and I conscionable wanted to amusement spot and enactment to my people. That's it."

This month, captious supplies person dwindled successful Nagorno-Karabakh aft Azerbaijani activists were accused by Armenian authorities of blockading the region. Azerbaijan has denied the allegation done spokespeople connected Twitter.

The renewed warring successful the portion successful November 2020 lasted astir 2 months, sidesplitting astatine slightest 6,500 people, according to Reuters. Hostilities ended aft Armenian-backed separatists agreed to relinquish power implicit territories successful Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia helped to broker a ceasefire woody betwixt the 2 countries.

In a missive addressed to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) dated January 21, Azerbaijian's tennis federation called for Khachanov to beryllium punished for the messages of enactment helium has written connected cameras astatine the Australian Open.

According to Reuters, the missive asks for sanctions to guarantee Khachanov makes nary much "unacceptable provocations" astatine tennis tournaments.

The ITF told CNN that it has "received a missive from the Azerbaijan Tennis Federation, which we person passed connected to the applicable authorities."

It added: "Rules for subordinate behaviour astatine a Grand Slam lawsuit are governed by the Grand Slam rulebook administered by the applicable organiser and regulator."

When asked by reporters astir the missive to the ITF connected Tuesday, Khachanov said helium hadn't heard thing astir it.

CNN has contacted Khachanov's representatives but did not person a response, portion a petition for remark from Tennis Australia, which organises the Australian Open, has besides been unanswered.

The 18th effect said helium hadn't been told not to constitute the messages.

"I didn't perceive thing astir that ... truthful far, no," Khachanov said.

The 26-year-old Khachanov represents Russia, though helium is competing nether a neutral emblem successful Melbourne. In airy of the warfare successful Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian tennis players person been permitted to play astatine the Australian Open but indispensable bash truthful "without flags oregon state recognition."

This week, 4 radical who were attending the tourney were questioned by Victoria Police aft they "revealed inappropriate flags and symbols and threatened information guards," a Tennis Australia spokesperson said. Organisers antecedently said that fans would not beryllium allowed to bring the Russian oregon Belarusian emblem to the tract of the Australian Open to enforce its "neutral flag" policy.

On Friday, Khachanov volition effort to scope his archetypal expansive slam last astatine the Australian Open erstwhile helium faces Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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