Sabalenka survives first set implosion to overcome Stephens
PARIS : World number two Aryna Sabalenka weathered a spectacular first set implosion to beat American Sloane Stephens 7-6(5) 6-4 on Sunday and advance to the French Open quarter-finals.
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PARIS : World number two Aryna Sabalenka weathered a spectacular first set implosion to beat American Sloane Stephens 7-6(5) 6-4 on Sunday and advance to the French Open quarter-finals.
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Belarus tennis star Aryna Sabalenka outrightly condemned her country's role in the war in Ukraine on Tuesday and insisted she is not a supporter of president Alexander Lukashenko. "I'm not supporting the war, meaning I don't support Lukashenko right now," the world number two said after reaching the French Open semi-finals by defeating Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.
PARIS : Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said on Tuesday at the French Open that she did not want her country to be in any conflict and did not support the war in Ukraine, distancing herself from President Alexander Lukashenko.
PARIS : Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka reached the French Open semi-finals on Tuesday by beating Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and was accused of fanning the flames by waiting for a handshake that would not come before making her stance on the war clear.
Daria Kasatkina says she is «leaving Paris with a very bitter feeling» after she was booed following her French Open defeat to Elina Svitolina. Russian Kasatkina was seemingly booed for not shaking hands with Ukrainian Svitolina following the match. Ad However, Svitolina has said she would not shake hands with Russian or Belarusian players at the Grand Slam following Russia's invasion of her country.
Aryna Sabalenka is into the semi-finals of the French Open for the first time following an impressive 6-4 6-4 win over Elina Svitolina. Svitolina put up a decent fight early on but in the end, the 2023 Australian Open champion proved too strong on Philippe Chatrier.
Russian Daria Kasatkina said she left the French Open with a «bitter» taste in her mouth after being booed off by the crowd following her fourth-round defeat Sunday against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.