(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Aryna Sabalenka again found herself in a fiery exchange with a Ukrainian journalist at the French Open as this time the Belarusian tennis star simply decided to shut down all war-related questions. Following her French Open first-round win, Sabalenka received a very lengthy question from a Ukrainian journalist, who accused the Belarusian of avoiding condemning the war and also “twisting it as if Ukrainian players hate her.” On Wednesday, Sabalenka won her French Open second-round match and the same journalist returned with some pointed questions.
“I want to ask you two questions. First, it’s about Belarus. Then in 2020 you signed a letter to support Lukashenko, in times when he was torturing and beating up protestants in the street. And then eventually you showed up celebrating the new year with him.
How is it possible that the potential World No 1 supports a dictator and…” the journalist asked Sabalenka. Sabalenka gave a quick response: “I have no comments for you, so thank you for your question.”
Sabalenka’s fiery exchange with a journalist
The journalist then delivered a follow-up question: “The second question is, you keep saying that nobody…
