La curieuse façon dont Zeynep Sönmez montre son soutien à la Palestine à Wimbledon

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Zeynep Sönmez has found a discreet yet symbolically charged way to express her support for Palestine during her participation in Wimbledon. After the organizers prevented her from displaying a brooch with the Palestinian flag, the Turkish tennis player chose to place a watermelon-shaped vibration dampener on her racket, a symbol widely associated with the Palestinian cause.

Sönmez herself explained how the idea came about during an interview, revealing that she had already had discussions with the tournament's organization on this matter: "I used to wear a brooch in support of Palestine, but now tournaments do not allow it. We had a discussion with the organizers because they said, 'The Ukrainian flag is allowed, but not the Palestinian one'. When they firmly stated that they did not allow it, I started putting a vibration dampener with a watermelon symbol on my racket instead of the brooch. They can't say anything about that," she said.

Sonmez's gesture to circumvent Wimbledon's prohibitions

In recent years, the watermelon has become an emblem used by numerous supporters of the Palestinian cause. Its colors — red, green, white, and black — coincide with those of the Palestinian flag, so historically, it has served as a symbolic way to represent Palestine in contexts where displaying its flag was restricted or prohibited.

Zeynep Sönmez: "I used to wear a brooch in support of Palestine, but tournaments no longer allow it. 'The Ukrainian flag is allowed, but not the Palestinian one,' we argued with the officials. When they explicitly said they didn't allow it, I changed from the brooch to my racket… pic.twitter.com/Lcuvg21Rgx

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Sönmez's gesture drew attention during Wimbledon as it represented an unusual way to express a political stance without explicitly violating the tournament's regulations. The Turkish tennis player believes that the watermelon-shaped vibration dampener allows her to continue showing her support without breaching the rules set by the organization, which prohibit displaying certain symbols or political messages during the competition.

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