LONDON: Wimbledon chiefs said on Monday (Jul 10) they have no plans to issue a statement after Belarusian Victoria Azarenka was booed off the court following her defeat by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. Svitolina won a gripping three-set match on Court One late on Sunday to set up a quarter-final clash with wo
LONDON: Wimbledon chiefs said on Monday they have no plans to issue a statement after Belarusian Victoria Azarenka was booed off the court following her defeat by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
Svitolina and her fellow Ukraine players all refused to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian rivals at the recent French Open."I don't know if it's maybe not clear for people, some people not really knowing what is happening," she said."So I think this is the right to do." "I think we have an incredibly knowledgeable audience at Wimbledon and I think in most part they would understand what was happening."
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