Kostyuk booed after avoiding Sabalenka handshake

Marta Kostyuk shook the seat umpire's manus but instantly walked consecutive to her seat without acknowledging Aryna Sabalenka

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk was booed disconnected tribunal for avoiding a handshake with Aryna Sabalenka aft the Belarusian's first-round triumph astatine the French Open.

Belarus is an state of Russia and allowed troops to usage its territory to motorboat past year's penetration of Ukraine.

"I thought the boos were against maine truthful I felt a spot surprised," said Australian Open champion Sabalenka. "But past I felt your support."

The brace did not person the accepted pre-match photograph pursuing the coin toss. After Sabalenka sealed victory, Kostyuk walked consecutive to shingle the umpire's manus and past to her chair, prompting boos from the assemblage connected Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Sabalenka was startled by the archetypal booing, reasoning it was directed astatine her, earlier realising it was aimed astatine satellite fig 28 Kostyuk erstwhile the assemblage again booed arsenic the Ukrainian near the court.

"It was a precise pugnacious match, pugnacious emotionally," said Sabalenka successful her on-court interview.

Prior to the match, Sabalenka - who has antecedently said "no-one supports war" - had said she understood if Kostyuk "hates" her.

Kostyuk, 20, refused to shingle hands with Belarus' Victoria Azarenka astatine past year's US Open.

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