After the face-to-face match in the second round of the US Open, Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova and Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko reportedly made gestures of approval. “Championship”.
Athletes did not shake hands with each other and limited themselves to gestures.
The match, which lasted 59 minutes, ended with the scores of the Russians 6:1 and 6:3.
Alexandrova advanced exactly once, transformed six breakpoints and made five double mistakes.
In the next round, Alexandrova will play the winner of the pair Martina Trevisan (Italy) – Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic).
The US Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, will take place in New York from August 28 to September 10.
Russian tennis players compete as neutral athletes in international tournaments after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international organizations not allow domestic athletes.
Formerly Tsurenko said about the conflict of his coach with Arina Sobolenko.