(CNN) — The tennis player Elina Svitolina calificó of “valiant” knew rival, the Russian Daria Kasatkina, tras la surprising victory of the Ukrainian this Sunday.
Svitolinathat he told me that he would not shake hands with his Russian and Belarusian rivals out of respect for the men and women who defend themselves in Ukraine, I told him that he “recognized” Kasatkina between the parties.
Kasatkina thoroughly criticized the war and the description of this past year as a “pesadilla”, según The New York Times.
El mes pasado, Kasatkina, the best clasified Russian tenista, also expressed her sympathy for the Ukrainian tenistas who went to stretch her hand después de los partidos.
“Estoy muy agradecida por su postura. Es una persona muy valiente por decirlo publicamente, cosa que no han han echo muyas jugadoras”, dijo Svitolina, tras pasar a cuartos de final del Roland Garros, el Grand Slam también conocido come Abierto de Francia.
“He’s a brave man.”
After an opening hand, Kasatkina lifted the ball on red through and lost a starting point.
“Lo más sad is that the war goes on,” Kasatkina declared el mes pasado. “Así que, por supuesto, the players of Ukraine hold muchas razones para no darnos la mano. Lo acepto y es como es. Es una situación muy triste y lo entiendo”.
In the past year, the 26-year-old player announced that he was gay and also criticized the attitudes of Russia towards homosexuality.
Daria Kasatkina bowed in the red tras losing to Svitolina. (Photo: Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
Svitolina, who plays his first grand tournament since the 2022 Abierto de Australia and his first since that mother, said he was only focused on recovering and preparing for the next match.
“Por supuesto que me encantaría ganar aquí”, dijo Svitolina. “Sería el sueño, ma siempre en mi carrera sido come un paso a paso.
“I think it’s the only correct way to do it, don’t look forward to the future, therefore if not, pierce the concentration of the little things that take you to win the parties”.
Sabalenka follows
Svitolina will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the next round of is martes.
Sabalenka, number 2 in the world, already to participate in the usual streets of prensa posteriors to the parties of the tournament después decir que no segura segura in a conference de prensa anterior in which they were presented by the implication of their country in the war.
Sabalenka said in March that Costaba has felt the “hatred” she encountered in clothing in the middle of tensas relations among some players at the invasion of Ukraine. Belarús is being used as an apoyo clave point for Russia.
“Sobre la situación bélica, lo he dicho muchas, muchas veces, nadie en este mundo —athletes rusos, bielorrusos— apoya la Guerra. Nadie. ¿Cómo podemos apoyar la Guerra? Normal people nunca la apoyará,” he said.
In reality, Russian and Belarusian players will perform in las giras as neutral athletes, without showing their flag in their country.
