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After coming from behind to beat Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships, world number 7 Andrey Rublev, had a message for the cameras.

Here's the whole message.

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev writes "No war please" on the camera following his advancement to the final in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/GQe8d01rTd

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 25, 2022

Rublev had just won a doubles event with his Ukrainian partner Denys Molchanov less than a week ago.

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Andrey Rublev & Denys Molchanov@AndreyRublev97 2 titles in a week pic.twitter.com/6n4Pc0PECD

— Open 13 Provence (@Open13) February 20, 2022

The two have known each other for a long time, with the older Molchanov helping Rublev out when he was much younger:

“We both spoke Russian and he was a big guy and I was just a kid, so he was taking me with him to dinner and to do things”.

Compatriot Daniil Medvedev, who recently clinched the number one ranking, had also earlier called for peace.

Image from screenshot from YouTube La Provence/ Tennis TV