Kostyuk responded to the boos of the Roland Garros public

Women’s tennis is plagued by several open issues. One of them is from the Russian invasion that invaded Ukraine with the connivance and alliance of Belarus. This conflict had a strong impact on the WTA Tour, as the criticism and disapproving movements of the Ukrainian players with respect to their colleagues in Russia and Belarus were repeated.

The scuffles were weekly, but the repetition became a habitual attitude that caused much noise and concern in the first weeks of a conflict that continued to drag on as time went on.

the ukrainian Martha Kostyuk the Belarusian was not greeted Aryna Sabalenka Neither before nor after losing in their first round against Roland Garros, 6-3, 6-2. There is also no photo of rigor because the Kyiv native does not want to get close to his opponent.

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Suddenly the stands of Philippe Chatrier, the center of the Parisian Grand Slam, caught the incident and chose to boo. A rebuke addressed costumethough Sabalenka feared that it was intended as a protest against Belarus’s role in the war.

costume I have never experienced a similar situation. “I didn’t expect it. When I was in Great Britain last year (Wimbledon will not longer ban Russians and Belarusians this season), people reacted differently. Even on the street. I felt supported,” said the Ukrainian.

He attacked the fans who were booing. “I’d like to see people’s reaction in ten years when the war is over. I don’t think they’ll look good on what they did.”

It also committed the cause to the WTA, which governs professional women’s tennis, once again. “Nothing has changed,” he complained of the proposal to remove Russian and Belarusian tennis from the circuit requested by the Ukrainians.

And he did not spare Sabalenka challenging words either. “I never hated him, although he commented on it. I did not respect him. He never said that he did not personally support the war. I know tennis players who support him. “That he does not speak in the name of. of others, that he speaks to himself “, said.

Belarusian means “How many times have I said it: no Russian or Belarusian player supports the war. No one. How do you support a war? Normal people don’t. If we can end it, we will ours, but it is not in our hands”.

“I know he won’t shake my hand, it’s not a surprise for me. Yes, maybe for the public”, And he assured that “he didn’t deserve to leave the track like that. I know it’s not appropriate. personally” .