PARIS : Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka skipped her post-match press conference at the French Open on Sunday for the second consecutive time due to being asked to comment on the war in Ukraine earlier in the tournament, organisers confirmed.The world number two did not attend her press conference on Friday, ci
PARIS : Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka skipped her post-match press conference at the French Open on Sunday for the second consecutive time due to being asked to comment on the war in Ukraine earlier in the tournament, organisers confirmed.
Sabalenka, who has been repeatedly urged by Ukrainian players to take a stand against the war, reached the quarter-finals by beating American Sloane Stephens in straight sets on Sunday. The Australian Open champion had refused to do her press conference on Friday after her third round win over Kamilla Rakhimova telling the WTA, the governing body of women's tennis, in a released interview she had felt unsafe following her press conference after her second round win on Wednesday.
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