Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina explained why she did not shake hands with Russian Veronika Kudermetova at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 tournament in Rome, Italy.
We did not shake hands because this is a girl from Russia. Yes, it’s a sport, I understand, but it’s also a political thing. So nothing personal here. But in general in such a situation this is unacceptable, ”Kalinina said after the match.
Ranked 47th in the WTA ranking, the Ukrainian defeated the world’s 12th racket, Kudermetova, with the scores of 7:5, 5:7, 6:2. The match lasted 2 hours 51 minutes.
After the winning draw, Kalinina immediately went to shake hands with the referee of the match, and then ignored the Russian woman and went to her own half.
In the final, Angelina Kalinina representing Kazakhstan, who defeated Elena Ostapenko from Latvia, will face Elena Rybakina.
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