Ukraine’s Kostyuk Booed for Refusing to Shake Hands With Belarus’ Sabalenka at French Open

Ukraine’s Kostyuk Booed for Refusing to Shake Hands With Belarus’ Sabalenka at French Open
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (top) and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk (L) refuses to shake hands at the end of their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on May 28, 2023. Christophe Ena/AP Photo
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PARIS—The famously fickle Paris crowd made themselves heard on the opening day of the French Open, booing when Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands after her first-round defeat by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Sunday.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up in Paris in 2021, was later dragged into a dogfight by Czech Jiri Vesely before he advanced in four sets and seeds Karen Khachanov and Hubert Hurkacz also battled their way into the second round.