Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka was booed off the Wimbledon court Sunday after she didn’t shake hands with Ukrainian rival Elina Svitolina.
Svitolina said there should be a formal proclamation about the handshakes to avoid this confusion in the future.
“For me personally, I think the tennis organizations, they have to come out with a statement that there will be no handshake between Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian players,” Svitolina said. “I don’t know if it’s maybe not clear for people. Some people not really know what is happening. So I think this is the right way to do.”
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