The Ukrainian tennis player said that she would not change her position to please the fans.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina responded to the provocation of the second racket of the world Belarusian Arina Sobolenko, who, after the 1/4 final match of the French Open (Roland Garros), defiantly waited for a handshake with an Odessa woman, knowing that Ukrainians do not shake hands with rivals from Russia and Belarus. The refusal to shake hands again became the cause of a disgruntled rumble in the stands.
Elina admitted that she is calm about the whistle of the fans and does not intend to change her position to please the audience, the portal reports. sportskeeda.com.
“I will not win people’s sympathy by betraying my strongest position towards my country”– stressed the tennis player.
According to Svitolina, she has repeatedly stated that she does not want to please everyone and will not sell Ukraine for the sake of approval from the fans.
“I’m in this position”– added Odessa.
In addition, Svitolina called the decision of the organizers of Roland Garros to allow Sobolenko to miss the press conference after the match with Kamilla Rakhimova obvious hypocrisy, while Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 for such a refusal at the 2021 tournament and received a disqualification warning.
“I think conditions should be equal for everyone”Elina emphasized.
Recall that after the game with Svitolina, Sobolenko spoke out against the war in Ukraine, and also said that now she does not support the Lukashenka regime.
Svitolina lost to Sobolenko in two sets 4:6, 4:6 and dropped out of the tournament. The Belarusian, in turn, reached the semi-finals, in which on June 8 she will play against the Czech tennis player Karolina Muchova.
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