{"id":102241,"date":"2026-01-29T15:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seminarsonly.com\/news\/?p=102241"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:22:18","slug":"why-is-sabalenka-flag-not-shown-what-that-means-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seminarsonly.com\/news\/why-is-sabalenka-flag-not-shown-what-that-means-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Sabalenka Flag Not Shown | What That Means in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-path-to-node=\"0\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><span class=\"citation-41\">Aryna Sabalenka&#8217;s flag is not shown because she is from <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"56\"><span class=\"citation-41\">Belarus<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-41\">, and tennis governing bodies have suspended the use of Russian and Belarusian national symbols due to the <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"170\"><span class=\"citation-41\">ongoing war in Ukraine<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-41 citation-end-41\">.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span class=\"citation-40\">Since 2022, players from Russia and Belarus have been allowed to compete on the professional tour (including the Australian Open) only as <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"138\"><span class=\"citation-40 citation-end-40\">&#8220;neutral athletes.&#8221;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Here is what that means in practice:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"3\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-39 citation-end-39\">No Flag:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-38 citation-end-38\"> On TV graphics and scoreboards, the space next to her name is either left blank or replaced with a white\/neutral symbol.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-37\">No Anthem:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-37 citation-end-37\"> If she wins a tournament, the Belarusian national anthem is not played.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">No Country Name:<\/b><span class=\"citation-36 citation-end-36\"> She is not officially listed as representing &#8220;Belarus&#8221; on tournament draws or trophies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seminarsonly.com\/news\/bhajan-connect-at-nandagovindam-bhajans-online-booking-tips\/\">Bhajan Connect at Nandagovindam Bhajans<\/a><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">This rule applies to all players from those two nations (such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, and Daria Kasatkina) and will remain in effect until the sanctions are lifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka&#8217;s flag is not shown because she is from Belarus, and tennis governing bodies have suspended the use of Russian and Belarusian national symbols due to the ongoing war&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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