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Top seed Elina Svitolina, a 27-year-old tennis pro from Ukraine, said she would withdraw from the Monterrey Open rather than play her Russian opponent at the Mexico Championship unless the tennis federation follows suit. The leadership of the IOC and through Russia and Belarus are only known as “neutral athletes”.

Svitolina tweeted on Monday that she does not want to play in the first-round match with Anastasia Potapova “or any other match with a Russian or Belarusian tennis player until the ‘WTA Women’s Tour’” The tournament, the ATP Men’s Tour and the International Tennis Federation ‘follow the advice of the International Olympic Committee’ and prohibit competitors from these countries from using national symbols, colours, flags or national anthems.

“They have no responsibility for invading our homeland.” Svitolina, a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist and 16 career tour singles champion, dropped to No. 3 and is currently No. 15.

Another tennis player from Ukraine, Lesia Tsurenko, 32, tweeted that she and others “wanted to express our great surprise and dissatisfaction with the lack of response to the situation in our home country.”

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Tsurenko, a quarter-finalist at the 2018 U.S. Open who dropped to 23rd this week to 127th, called on the WTA to immediately condemn the Russian government.

The ITF said it had canceled events in Russia “indefinitely” and had no plans to host events in Belarus this year. It also postponed an event in Ukraine that had been scheduled for April, citing “increasing security concerns.”

“This is a rapidly evolving situation. We are constantly monitoring the incident and maintaining active discussions with the ITF tennis family, the ITF Executive Committee and security experts to decide and coordinate our next steps. We stand with the people of Ukraine,” The ITF said in a statement released Monday.

“At this time, our priority remains the safety of everyone attending our events. We will of course provide more information as soon as possible.” The WTA and ATP did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Associated Press.

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Singham Again worldwide box office day 5: Ajay Devgn film leaves behind Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, crosses ₹ 230 crore

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Singham Again worldwide box office collection day 5: Rohit Shetty’s cop universe film has taken a clear lead globally. Both films released on November 1.

Singham Again worldwide box office collection day 5: Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again, starring Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles, has been performing well globally. Released in November 1, the latest installment in the cop universe has collected more than ₹230 crore gross worldwide, despite facing stiff competition from the other big Diwali release, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. (Also read: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 worldwide box office collection day 5: Kartik Aaryan film sails past ₹200 crore after strong Tuesday)

Singham Again worldwide box office update

The latest report on Sacnilk.com states that the film has collected ₹ 232.25 crore so far. On its fifth day, Singham Again minted ₹ 48 crore to its global collections. The film has made a gross collection of ₹ 184.25 crore in India so far.

Meanwhile, the report also stated that Singham Again collected ₹ 153.75 crore at the domestic box office within five days of release.

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Singham Again is the third instalment in the Singham franchise, which began with the 2011 hit.It is also part of Rohit Shetty’s larger Cop Universe, which also includes Simmba and Sooryavanshi, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar. Salman Khan makes a cameo as Chulbul Pandey, his iconic character from Dabangg, in the film. It introduces new cops in the mix with Deepika Padukone’s Shakti Shetty and Tiger Shroff’s Satya Bali. Arjun plays the antagonist called Danger Lanka.

Rohit Shetty took to his Instagram on Tuesday to thank the audience for the bumper response to Singham Again. He wrote, “SINGHAM AGAIN my 10th and fastest 100 cr film. For the past 16 films one thing that has remained constant is your love, thank you for all the support and love, humbled.”

Singham Again maintained its lead over Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, which has taken its worldwide total to ₹208 crore in five days of release. Singham Again benefitted because it got the better share of screens in India, with 60 percent average. The rest of the 40 percent were taken by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.

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