Knowing the position of Ukrainian athletes not to press their hands to opponents from Russia or Belarus, Kasatkin made a pingy gesture towards Svitolina after the match - showed a thumb. The Ukrainka reciprocated - also in the language of gestures. However, some of the fans began to take up the Russian woman when she left the court. After that, Kasatkina wrote on Twitter, leaving Paris with a very bitter feeling.
"All these days, after every match I played in Paris, I always appreciated and thanked the public for the support of the players. But yesterday, I was only shot into the fact that I showed respect for the opponent's position not to press my hands," the tennis player wrote.
The ninth racket of the world Daria Kasatkin, perhaps, louder than other compatriots from the world of sports, including athletes from Belarus, spoke against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which caused many angry reviews at home. Kasatkina said that the public whistled it upset, but promised to return to Rolan Harros's courts next year. Whatever it is, her game was remembered.
In one of her previous matches, she made the so -called Twinner - completed the draw with a spectacular blow, standing with her back to the net, which was even called "the blow of the tournament. " In the 1/8 finals, Elina Svitolina will meet with Arina Sobolenko, who decided to give up a press conference after she began to ask inconvenient questions about war in Ukraine and support against the Belarusian politician Alexander Lukashenko.
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