{"id":63491,"date":"2022-09-02T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T04:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marta-kostyuk-snubs-victoria-azarenka-handshake-after-loss-to-belarusian-us-open-tennis-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T04:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T04:34:00","slug":"marta-kostyuk-snubs-victoria-azarenka-handshake-after-loss-to-belarusian-us-open-tennis-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marta-kostyuk-snubs-victoria-azarenka-handshake-after-loss-to-belarusian-us-open-tennis-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Marta Kostyuk snubs Victoria Azarenka handshake after loss to Belarusian | US Open Tennis 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk declined to shake hands with Victoria Azarenka, opting only for a racket tap, after she was defeated 6-2, 6-3 by the Belarusian in the second round of the US Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just my choice,\u201d she said. \u201cI don’t know any single person who condemned the war publicly, and the actions of their government, so I don’t feel like I can support this. We had a great match, don’t get me wrong. She’s a great competitor, I respect her as an athlete but that has nothing to do with her as a human being. \u201d<\/p>\n