Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk says she will not shake hands with tour rivals from Russia and Belarus -- who she feels have not done enough to speak out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
As Russian missiles continue to pound her country, Ukraine’s number two tennis player Marta Kostyuk says she will not shake hands with tour rivals from Russia and Belarus who she feels have not done enough to speak out against the invasion. The 20-year-old Kyiv native generated headlines last year when she refused the customary handshake at the net with former world number one Victoria Azarenka after the Belarusian beat her at the US Open.
Russian and Belarusian players are allowed to play at Melbourne Park this year without their flag or country displayed. “Whoever speaks out clearly I believe has every right to be on tour but whoever doesn’t … I don’t think it’s just humane,” she said. “I don’t really talk to anyone,” she added of Russian and Belarusian players. “I barely say ‘hi’ to them.” Most of Kostyuk’s family are in Kyiv, including her father and grandfather.
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