Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina did not shake hands with Belarusian Alexandra Sasnovich after the match of the first round of the WTA1000 tournament in Madrid. The fight ended with the victory of the opponent from Belarus with a score of 4:6, 5:7. After the end of the match, the tennis players went to the net for a traditional handshake, but Elina pointedly ignored the athlete from the aggressor country, shaking hands only with the referee.

We add that Ukrainian tennis players regularly demonstrate their principled attitude towards the representatives of the Russian Federation and Belarus, who are allowed to compete in competitions in a neutral status.

For example, in February, the first racket of Ukraine, Angelina Kalinina, did not shake hands with Russian Veronika Kudermetova at a tournament in Dubai, and in April she did not shake hands with another Russian woman, Anna Kalinskaya, at competitions in American Charleston.. Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Russians Varvara Gracheva and Anastasia Potapova, as well as Belarusians Victoria Azarenka and Alexandra Sasnovich. Recall that in early April, Svitolina returned to the court after the decree. In mid-October last year, Elina became a mother for the first time.. Ukrainian woman gave birth to a daughter from her husband, French tennis player Gael Monfils.