Ukrainian tennis player Svitolina was surprised by the desire of a rival from Belarus to shake her hand
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina was surprised at the desire of the Belarusian Arina Sobolenko to shake her hand after the end of the match of the 1/4 finals of Roland Garros. It is reported by “Championship”.
“I don’t know why Sobolenko was waiting for me at the net. I think I have made my position clear enough. Did she inflame the situation in the stands? Unfortunately, I think so,” Svitolina said.
The meeting between Sobolenko and Svitolina took place earlier on June 6. The Belarusian athlete won in two sets with a score of 6:4, 6:4.
On June 2, Svitolina refused to shake hands with Russian Anna Blinkova after the third round match at Roland Garros, and two days later did the same after defeating Russian representative Daria Kasatkina in the 1/8 finals. The Ukrainian athlete explained this with political motives, and the audience in the stands booed her.
Source: Lenta
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