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PARIS :The fickle Paris crowd made themselves heard on the opening day of the French Open as they booed when Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands after her first-round defeat by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Sunday.
Aryna Sabalenka won a politically-charged French Open duel against Marta Kostyuk on Sunday as jeers rained down on the defeated Ukrainian who refused to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent. World number two and Australian Open champion Sabalenka swept 10 of the last 12 games to win 6-3, 6-2 as she kick-started her push to reach the second week in Paris for the first time. Kostyuk honoured her pledge not to shake hands with Sabalenka in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is a key military ally of Moscow.
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Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka powered into the second round of the French Open with a 6-3 6-2 win over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in a feisty Paris clash to start the year's second Grand Slam on Sunday, but was left perplexed by jeering from some parts of the crowd.
Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka took her time to get going before easing into the second round of the French Open with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in a feisty encounter on Sunday.
PARIS — At first, Aryna Sabalenka thought the boos and derisive whistles coming from the French Open crowd were directed at her after a first-round victory Sunday. Instead, the negative reaction was aimed at her opponent, Marta Kostyuk, for not participating in the usual post-match handshake up at the net.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Marta Kostyuk in the first round of the French Open, but she was again denied a handshake by her opponent at Roland-Garros. Kostyuk and Sabalenka had played previously and the Ukrainian had refused to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent, due to Belarus’ support of Russia's war in Ukraine.