Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka wants peace, not division, despite calls from a Ukrainian debutant that the world No.1 should be banned from grand slams.
The four-time major champion had little to add to comments made by Oleksandra Oliynykova, who lost her first-round match to reigning champion Madison Keys.
Oliynykova, whose father is fighting on the front line in the ongoing war, voiced concerns about Belarusian and Russian players being allowed to compete at grand slam level.
The Ukrainian attended her post-match press conference on Tuesday wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan "I need your help to protect Ukrainian women and children but I can't talk about it here."
Sabalenka held firm on her stance after a commanding 6-3 6-1 victory over China's Bai Zhuoxuan on Wednesday.
"I have spoken a lot about that before. Obviously I want peace, and if I could change anything I would definitely do that," the two-time Australian Open champion said.
"Other than that I have nothing else to say.
"I am here for tennis. I have said enough in the past and I don't want to talk politics here."
In 2023, Sabalenka was forced to confirm her feelings towards Belarusian strongman president Alexander Lukashenko, who is a close ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The grand slam champion had previously met with Lukashenko.
"I don't support war, meaning I don't support Alexander Lukashenko right now," she said at the time.
Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, there have been calls for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from competing in elite sport.
Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina has previously pushed for a total ban, even refusing to shake hands with players from Russia and Belarus.
The former world No.3 famously refused to shake Sabalenka's hand following her loss at the 2023 French Open.
Svitolina said while decisions had already been made by tennis officials to allow those athletes to compete, she backed her countrywoman Oliynykova.
"The war has been ongoing for four years. I mean, we talked about it many, many times," Svitolina said.
"Right now what we can do is go out there, try to perform well, try to represent our country in the right way, and use our voices to ... bring the help, to bring the attention to our homeland."
