The Russian hand shocked: the father of tennis players from Ukraine responded to the daughter's act (video)

The Federation noted that they support the common position of Ukrainian tennis players not to handle the representatives of the aggressor countries. "Our leading players have been reported and support this position. But there may always be mistakes. Such a mistake happened to our player today," the message reads. The father of 16-year-old Elizabeth Kotlyar from the Dnieper stood up for his daughter. He explained her act by lack of experience in large -scale competitions as Grand Slam tournaments.

"Unfortunately, my daughter did not feel calm, the emotions were beaten over the edge, so she did not fully control her behavior. On the machine, she performed a post -match ritual - shook his rival hand, did not understand that a representative of the country was attacked by our homeland behind the net. . It was definitely a mistake through which Lisa is very sorry, " - said the incident of Elizabeth Kotlyar's father.

The Russian media managed to distribute the news about the Ukrainian woman's handwriting with their athlete. The act of Ukrainka was commented by the President of the Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev. "They are well -being who have done so. Tennis was always distinguished among other sports. Sports outside politics were proven," he said in an interview with the Russian state news agency TASS. The meeting ended with a score of 6: 2, 6: 4 in favor of the Russian tennis player Minscheva.

After the match, the athlete approached the net and shake their hands. We will remind that on July 27 the leader of the national team of fencing Olga Harlan was removed with participation in the World Cup after she refused to shake his hand of a rival from Russia. On January 2, 2024, the Polish chess player Jan-Khysztof Duda refused to shake his hand to representative of the Russian Federation Denis Hysmatullin.