Belarusian Victoria Azarenka ‘fed up’ of answering questions on Ukrainians

Victoria Azarenka has hit again after she was as soon as once more quizzed over the challenges of going through her Ukrainian colleagues. The former world No 1 was booed off court when she revered Elina Svitolina’s want to not shake palms at Wimbledon. When that they had a rematch in Washington final week, the group had been informed that there would be no handshake however Azarenka stated she was sick of the questions.

Russian and Belarusian gamers have been competing as impartial athletes on the tennis excursions since final March, although their Ukrainian colleagues have continued to refuse to shake their palms. The transfer has typically seen gamers booed by spectators who’re unaware of the rationale for the handshake snub.

And Azarenka was one of many newest gamers to be jeered for that reason. After dropping to Svitolina at Wimbledon, she was booed whereas leaving the courtroom and banged her fists collectively above her head in response. Both gamers later stated crowds must be made conscious of the circumstances – one thing that occurred in Washington final week when the 2 confronted off once more.

While the pre-match announcement proved to be an excellent answer, the Belarusian stated she was fed up of fielding questions in regards to the situation. “I am very tired of talking about all this,” the two-time Grand Slam champion stated earlier this week on the Canadian Open.

At the time, the 34-year-old confronted the prospect of a showdown with Anhelina Kalinina within the second spherical although the Ukrainian went on to lose her opening match. Azarenka continued: “I hope that maybe the real message is that we stop talking about this.

“If I will face Kalinina, I don’t know. I shook hands with her when we played in Adelaide this year.” The world No 19 knew that was now not more likely to occur and clarified that she understood why, although she didn’t need to preserve discussing the matter.

“No I know. I feel that the message is very clear, that it is a personal choice of the Ukrainian athletes. It is not a common practice. It is not something that I would do, but I am not in a position to judge,” she added.