Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk was booed after she refused to shake the hand of Belarusian star Aryna Sabelnka following her straight-set loss.
champion after the 6-3, 6-2 loss. She received a loud round of boos and whistles as she went over to acknowledge the chair umpire. She told reporters after the match she was surprised by the response.Marta Kostyuk, left, refused to shake hands after losing to Aryna Sabalenka at the French Open in Paris, Sunday, May 28, 2023.
"You’re playing against Ukrainian and you never know what’s going to happen. You never know how people will – will they support you or not?" Sablenka said."I was worried, like, people will be against me, and I don’t like to play when people so much against me."Kostyuk said she wondered why Sablenka wouldn’t just come out and say she"personally doesn’t support this war.
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