KAZAN, Sep 2, Vadim Kuznetsov. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpishchev said that he did not see anything offensive in the decision of the Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk not to shake hands with the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka after the match at the US Open. Azarenka beat Kostyuk in two sets, but after the match the athletes did not shake hands, but exchanged touches of rackets “They didn’t shake hands, but they touched the rackets. So everything is relative. During the COVID pandemic, everyone also thanked each other with rackets,” said Tarpishchev. Ukraine. Ukrainian tennis players, including Kostyuk, opposed her participation.
