The 21-year-old Pole added, however, that the moment has passed to do so now, news outlets reported.
"I heard that after World War II, German players were not allowed, as well as Japanese and Italian, and I feel like this kind of thing would show the Russian government that maybe it's not worth it," Świątek said in an interview with the BBC.
"I know it's a small thing because we are just athletes, a little piece in the world but I feel like sport is pretty important and sport has always been used in propaganda," she added, as quoted by the British public broadcaster on its website.
The Polish star told the BBC: "This is something that was considered at the beginning, tennis didn't really go that way, but now it would be pretty unfair for Russian and Belarusian players to do that because this decision was supposed to be made a year ago."
Russian and Belarusian players were banned from the Wimbledon tennis championships in London last year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but were allowed to compete in other international tournaments under a neutral flag, according to the BCC.
Wimbledon has now reversed its decision, lifting the ban on Russian and Belarusian players for this year's Grand Slam tournament, the British broadcaster reported.
Thursday is day 407 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: PAP, BBC, sports.yahoo.com, cnn.com
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