French Open 2023: Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina Refuses To Shake Hands With Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka, WATCH
Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion whose nation, Belarus, helped Russia invade Ukraine to begin a war that now is in its 17th month, knew that Elina Svitolina would not participate Tuesday in the usual postmatch handshake.
“I’m not supporting the war. I don’t support war, meaning I don’t support Lukashenko. We played a lot of Fed Cups in Belarus,” the World No. 2 said... Mid-Day