Ukrainian journalist tried to provoke the second racket of the world from Belarus Arina Sobolenko at a press conference after the match at Roland Garros. Most of the fans came to the defense of the tennis player, and the Ukrainian was called a clown and a political bandit.
Provocation after provocation At Roland Garros, not a day goes by without a scandal related to Ukraine. Tennis players from this country are happy to commit provocations, while not achieving serious results on the court. Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk flew out in the first round just from Sobolenko, losing to her to smithereens in two sets. After the match, Kostyuk, as expected, refused to shake hands, for which she received a deafening whistle from the stands in her address. Marta was shocked and disappointed.
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«I didn't expect it. I don't have any reaction to this, but frankly, people should be ashamed. I want to know how they will feel about this booing ten years from now. I don’t think they will feel great,” Kostyuk was quoted as saying by express.co.uk.
In response to these actions, fans on social networks in the West criticized Kostyuk harshly and noted that the Ukrainian fully deserved such reaction to your behavior. Ukrainian abominations did not end there.
«This is not a reporter, but a clown»A journalist attacked Sabalenko after the victory of the Belarusian in the second round match of the French Open. She asked several times if Arina supported the policy of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and why she signed a letter in his support in 2020. And, of course, the journalist asked Sobolenko for an opinion on the conflict in Ukraine.
Arina diplomatically said that she had already given enough answers on these topics and was not ready to do it again. The moderator of the press conference was also tired of the Ukrainian and asked to change the topic for discussion. It is quite obvious that this goes beyond all limits of decency. Ukrainian journalists come to such events solely to ask political questions that have nothing to do with tennis at all. Fans understand this as well as whoever they support in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Their social media comments speak volumes.
- «Everyone is tired of this filth. Let them just play tennis,» wrote Brodie's Discord.
- «All of this needs to stop, because it's not tennis anymore,» said Raja Vidhun.
- «This is not a reporter, but a journalistic bandit and clown,» admitted Jaume Planas.
- «This is getting unbearable. Stop asking dumb questions,» Mercutio said.
- «This is how tennis has fallen? Now you can ask political questions? I want to know the name of this journalist, she will go far,» Brazhnerv nix noted.
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» How many American tennis players were asked for their opinion on about the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan? Were tennis players from NATO countries interested in Bosnia, for example? I will answer you — none of them. So leave Sobolenko alone,» Ripper Bewdy concluded.
It's time for the International Tennis Federation and the organizers of Roland Garros to start regulating this behavior of Ukrainian journalists and athletes at press conferences. At least for the reason that it has nothing to do with tennis. It is curious that when Novak Djokovic wrote a message that «Kosovo is the heart of Serbia», he was attacked by the French sports minister and other political figures. It turns out that some can express their point of view, while others can not. It's good that the Serb was not disqualified and sanctions were not imposed on him.