The effects of the war between Russia and Ukraine are beginning to be seen at the Wimbledon tennis championships.
In the women’s singles event, Elena Svitolina of Ukraine defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the pre-quarterfinals, but Elena did not shake hands with Azarenka after the match.
In the women’s singles round of 16 at Wimbledon, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus were competing.
Azarenka won the first set 2-6, but Elena came back in the second set and leveled the match with a 4-6 win.
In the third and deciding set, the match went to a tiebreaker, with Elena winning to advance to the quarterfinals.
The effects of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine were visible at Wimbledon, where Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina did not shake hands with Russian supporter Belarus Victoria Azarenka after her victory.
In the conversation after the victory, Elena said that this is the second memorable moment of her life.
Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka, on the other hand, said, “It wasn’t fair,” in response to a question about what she should have done. Stay and wait?
He also said that Elena does not want to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian people, he respected this decision.
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