Russa-Ukraine’s war shadow came to view at the US Open on Thursday night when Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine refused to shake hands with Belarusian Victoria Azarenka who was her opponent in the second round of the prestigious championships. Kostkyuk lost in straight sets in women’s single.
Earlier, Kostyuk has been out spoken in her perception that Russian and Belarusian players should be banned from the sport in April of this year. At that time, She led a team of players from Ukraine in demanding the tennis administrators to ask players of both nation if they supported the war and denounce it if they did not.
in the game, Azarenka defeated Kostyuk 6-2, 6-3. Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Azarenka, but she touched her racket to the Belarusian star’s racket.
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