Marta Kostyuk praises Daria Kasatkina ‘courage’ and shakes hands at Italian Open
Ukrainian lauds former Russian for switching nationalityKasatkina makes point of shaking hands with world No 15Daria Kasatkina’s switch from Russian tennis to play for Australia has been given a stamp of approval from her Ukrainian conqueror at the Italian Open.Marta Kostyuk, one of the women’s tour’s in-form players, has made a high-profile point along with many of her fellow Ukrainian players of not shaking hands with Russian or Belarusian opponents after matches in protest at the invasion of her homeland. Continue reading...
- Ukrainian lauds former Russian for switching nationality
- Kasatkina makes point of shaking hands with world No 15
Daria Kasatkina’s switch from Russian tennis to play for Australia has been given a stamp of approval from her Ukrainian conqueror at the Italian Open.
Marta Kostyuk, one of the women’s tour’s in-form players, has made a high-profile point along with many of her fellow Ukrainian players of not shaking hands with Russian or Belarusian opponents after matches in protest at the invasion of her homeland. Continue reading...
