MOSCOW, 2 Sep. Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk said that she did not hate the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, despite the fact that she did not shake hands with her after the match. On Thursday, Azarenka beat Kostyuk (6:2, 6:3) and advanced to the third round US Open. After the match, the tennis players did not shake hands, but touched with rackets. «It was my choice, because I did not feel that she was condemning the actions of her government. I do not feel that I can support this. I had close relationships with some of the tennis players but they didn't reach out to me. Some of them have such big fan bases, they are supported by people from all over the world,» Tennis.com quotes Kostyuk. off-court role in Belarus, in the tennis world, plus she's on the WTA Players Council, I think she could do more between us players,» she added.
