2023-06-02 18:46:20
Tennis,
02 June, 18:56
The former first racket of Ukraine did not shake hands with the Russian woman at Roland Garros
Elina Svitolina lost in the third round to Anna Blinkova. After the match, she shook hands with the referee and began to pack, some of the spectators booed her. This is what other Ukrainian tennis players have done in recent months in matches once morest Russians.
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Former third racket of the world Ukrainian Elina Svitolina did not shake hands with Russian Anna Blinkova following the third round match of Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam tournament of the season.
Svitolina defeated Blinkova 2:6, 6:2, 7:5.
After the end of the match, the Ukrainian shook hands with the referee and began to collect things. Some viewers booed Svitolina for this.
Svitolina played once morest Blinkova for the second tournament in a row. In the final in Strasbourg, she won and also did not shake hands with the Russian woman. Prior to that, in Strasbourg, Svitolina did the same following defeating Russian Varvara Gracheva in the 1/4 finals.
Ukrainian woman booed at Roland Garros for refusing to shake hands with Belarusian
Svitolina did not play from March 2022 to April 2023 due to the birth of her daughter and now occupies 192nd place in the WTA ranking.
In February, Svitolina on social networks called on the IOC to prevent Russians and Belarusians from attending the Paris Olympics.
Earlier, Ukrainians Lyudmila Kichenok, Lesya Tsurenko and Angelina Kalinina refused to shake hands with Russians. Kalinina said that there was “nothing personal” in this gesture, and Tsurenko withdrew from a major tournament in American Indian Wells in March due to a panic attack before the game with Belarusian Arina Sobolenko.
Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova said in May that 90% of Ukrainian players do not greet her.
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