NEW YORK : Geopolitical tensions simmered at the U.S. Open on Thursday as Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused the customary handshake at the net when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated her 6-2 6-3 in the second round.The pair exchanged a quick tap of the racket on Court 17 after Kostyuk whacked the ball in
NEW YORK : Geopolitical tensions simmered at the U.S. Open on Thursday as Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused the customary handshake at the net when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated her 6-2 6-3 in the second round.
"I cannot force anybody to shake my hand. It's their decision. How did it make me feel? It's not the most important thing in the world right now." Days before their second-round meeting, it was the 20-year-old Kostyuk's objections that helped prompt Azarenka to pull out of the tournament's"Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition" to raise humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
"I can't force it. I'm not going to go and say, 'Oh, how dare you?' It's not my place. My place is to be there to offer, offer my help, and that's it."Most of the global sporting community moved swiftly to isolate Russia and Belarus after the invasion began in February but tennis players from the two countries avoided tour-level suspensions, with the sport's governing bodies requiring they compete under neutral flags.
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