Athletistic/Tennis. Fans in the stands of the court did not express their support for Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, who refused to shake hands with Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova after the match in the third round of the tournament. Grand Slam on clay – the French Open. Blinkova lost to Svitolina 6:2, 2:6, 5:7 in 2 hours and 17 minutes and failed to reach the 1/8 finals.
At the end of the match, Svitolina only went to the tower judge to shake his hand. When she turned to greet the audience, whistles and negative cheers were heard in response.
Earlier, spectators at the Roland Garros tournament also reacted with disapproval to the refusal of another Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk to shake hands with Belarusian player Arina Sobolenko, the second racket in the world.
In the next match at Roland Garros, Svitolina will play to reach the quarter-finals against another Russian representative, ninth seed Daria Kasatkina.
- Four Russians reached the 1/8 finals of Roland Garros on the sixth day of the tournament
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