Svitolina blames Sabalenka for handshake snub at French Open.
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Elina Svitolina accused Aryna Sabalenka of adding fuel to the fire by standing at the net waiting for a handshake she knew would never happen at the end of their French Open quarterfinal. Svitolina had warned she would not shake hands with players from Russia or Belarus following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year. Sabalenka skipped her two previous news conferences after being grilled on her personal stance on the war, as her country is a key staging area for Russia's operations.
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