MOSCOW, Aug 9 World No. 1 Russian Daniil Medvedev before his performance at the tennis tournament of the Masters series in Montreal said that he did not feel discomfort from playing under a neutral flag. Earlier, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced the admission of Russian athletes to competitions only in a neutral status. «Performance under neutral flag doesn't change anything. I like to play tennis. I want to follow the rules. I'm Daniil Medvedev. And I want to win. We all love tennis, but we don't just play to hit the ball. We all want to win,» Medvedev is quoted as saying Journal de Montreal. Medvedev also spoke about the exclusion of Russian athletes from the Wimbledon tennis tournament. «I could not do anything to change this decision. I do not want to dwell on the negative. I preferred to rest and recover physically ki», — said the athlete. In April, the organizers of Wimbledon, due to the situation in Ukraine, refused to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete, in response to this, the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) decided not to award the participants of the Wimbledon tournament rating points.
