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Australian Open bans Russian and Belarusian flags from tournament

Australian Open bans Russian and Belarusian flags from tournament
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Tuesday, 17 January, 2023, 11:12

Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Australian Open tennis tournament after a courtside incident.
Spectators were initially permitted to bring the flags into Melbourne Park on the condition they do not cause "disruption".
But the organisers reversed that decision on Tuesday, after fans displayed a Russian flag during a match between Ukraine's Kateryna Baindl and Russian Kamilla Rakhimova.