“Championship”: the audience booed tennis player Elina Svitolina for refusing to shake hands with Blinkova
The audience booed the Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina after she refused to shake hands with the Russian Anna Blinkova after the match of the third round of Roland Garros. It is reported by “Championship”.
According to the source, the audience in the stands of the court named after Simone Mathieu did not support the athlete. Svitolina went to shake hands with the judge on the tower and did not greet the Russian woman. When she turned around, she heard whistling and disapproving exclamations in response.
Svitolina refused to shake hands with Russian woman Blinkova on June 2. The meeting ended with the victory of the Ukrainian with a score of 2:6, 6:2, 7:5. The athlete said that the reason was political motives.
On May 28, another Ukrainian tennis player, Marta Kostyuk, was booed for refusing to shake hands with Belarusian Arina Sobolenko. Sobolenko said that she could imagine a reaction from the Ukrainian side, therefore, she does not consider the act to be disrespectful to her.
Source: Lenta
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