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NEW YORK :Geopolitical tensions simmered at the U.S. Open on Thursday as Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused the customary handshake at the net when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated her 6-2 6-3 in the second round.
A Ukrainian player declined to shake hands with Victoria Azarenka after the three-time U.S. Open runner-up from Belarus beat her at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
NEW YORK — After her straight set loss to former World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent. Instead, she raised her racket for a quick tap.
Victoria Azarenka and Martya Kostyuk did not shake hands after their US Open second round match on Thursday, but the Belarusian insists she has no issue with the Ukrainian. Both players opted to tap racquets instead after Azarenka's 6-2 6-3 win over the 20-year-old on Court 17. Ad The match came days after Kostyuk slammed Azarenka for choosing to participate in a charity match in Ukraine before the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced she would no longer be part of it.
Emma Raducanu became only the third defending champion to exit the US Open in the first round on Tuesday while four-time winner Rafael Nadal overcame an early scare against a player ranked 198 in the world.
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina crashed out of the US Open at the first hurdle on Tuesday, slumping to a straight sets defeat against French qualifier Clara Burel.
Athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who defected from Belarus during the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, has said in an Instagram post that she had been awarded Polish citizenship.
Wu Yibing on Monday became the first Chinese man in 63 years to win a singles match at a Grand Slam when he knocked 31st seed Nikoloz Basilashvili out of the US Open