Tennis
VIDEO. Sabalenka’s reaction to Kostyuk’s decision not to shake hands after the final
January 11 Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk She lost to world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the WTA 500 challenging tournament held in Brisbane, Australia.
After the meeting, Kostyuk did not shake Sabalenka’s hand – Ukrainian women have not shaken hands with their “neutral” rivals since the beginning of the large-scale war that Russia started on Ukrainian territory with the help of Belarus.
At the press conference, Sabalenka was asked to comment on Marta’s decision not to shake hands at the net:
“That’s their position. What can I do? I don’t care. I don’t care. When I go to the match, it’s just tennis and sports for me. On the court, I just think about my game and what I need to do to win.
I don’t care who is on that side of the net: Marta Kostyuk or Jessica Pegula. I go out on the field the same way and give everything I have to compete for the cup. I have nothing to prove to anyone. “I go out and compete like an athlete.”
VIDEO. Sabalenka’s reaction to Kostyuk’s decision not to shake hands after the final
Source: Sport UA
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