Fake news everywhere…so sad

I know right all these stupid posters on here asking why Sabalenka went to the net ... its not her job to base her actions off what Svitolina might or might not do.

Good point. It should be changed ASAP.

Now, thousands of people and animals in Ukraine are flooded because of the dam descrution by putinists. how many more people need to die till russians and belarussians will stand up and say " I am against the war, I am against putin and lukaszenka" ?💙💛 #stoprussia #standwithUkraine

For views. They know an accurate title won’t get as many clicks

It is hard for both players. Svitolina would get a terrible time from her country if she did shake hands. Hope this conflict between the countries is over soon.

I agree

Forcing sportsmanship is retarded and only a retardo like you can suggest something that ridiculous. They're their own person and can decide wheather they wanna shake hands or not. They're getting paid to play tennis. They don't get money to appease fools like you. If you don't like them don't watch.

Agree entirely. Sportsmanship is being lost amongst all this nonsense from the Ukrainian players. And there was the booing of Kostyuk after she refused to shake hands with Sabalenka and Sabalenka mocked the crowd by taking a bow as she thought she was being booed!! That was all caused by Kostyuk. As you said, the WTA has got to end this silliness right now. It's causing too many uncomfortable circumstances and there was all that with Kasatkina and Svitolina when they gave each other the thumbs up rather than shaking hands!!

@@philipcross8121 fuck you. You're only worried about "uncomfortable circumstances" not about these athletes from terrorist countries supporting their dictators?

@@philipcross8121 Касаткина явно сдала мачт- позорница ... Э

Oh! So sorry Elina, my country has been collaborative with russian army in their invasion toward Ukraine, let's shake our hands. Shame, shame, shame for sabalenka, how can she dear to provocate Svitolina at the net? sabalenka is a disgusting person.

Therefore, Putin and the Russians will end up in the dustbin of history remembered as those who were beaten up by the comedian and Ukrainians. Just like the Serbs, who were unable to defend their minority in Kosovo, because were busy attacking Bosnia and Croatia

It's because she's Ukrainian and sabalenka is Belarusian...

@@spillthetea4247 Viva Belarusian Sabalenka.

You are a great Tennis Player Sabalenka!

you really understand the plight of the ukrainian people.... think before speaking, Marko

She was being a dumb a** 🙄🤣

Even I will support Aryna much more after this win. No need to shake hands with Elina. She lost. She lost this match. She lost herself on the court. She lost as a Tennis Player. She lost!

@@manuelwowchow1476 lol

@@manuelwowchow1476 you are stupid.

@@Blueirishbloke Just imagine you are Belarusian and have to deal with this Elina Svitolina after defeating her 2 set victory.

Great player yes is Aryna but this time Karolina Michova was too good for her. I now would like to see if Michova can beat Iga.

jusrice was done

She is nothing like Serena, Sabalenka can't volley, her serve accuracy is not in serena's hemisphere let alone the disguise that Serena has on her serve, Serena was also able to hit back hand winners on the slide, Sabalenka can not do that, and Sabalenka hardly uses the drop shot, I would say Sabalenka plays more like Sharapova.

@@fallendevonish1869 If Sabalenka, Rybakina and Iga had been born 10 years earlier, Serena would definitely have less slams!!

​@@the.falconstop embarassing yourself please

@@danielstefanko4225 you don't know much about tennis, it's okay.

Let's not get carried away. Lol

I wonder if Sabalenka's friends and family died or could die from rockets fired from Ukraine, she would be smiley towards Ukrainian players.

@@kon1402 hopefully nothing happens neither Ukrainian player's families nor to Belarus players relatives... war is danger for everybody . Goo look

​@@kon1402 why would you wish that on her....The war is not good for everyone involved.... Either directly or indirectly.... Sabalenka now gets to feel like she's a criminal for wanting to be professional and follow tennis tradition by respectfully standing at the net to shake hands with her opponent after a gruelling match..... Its sports... There's no war on the court.. Its just two talented personalities duelling it out for glory....by being hateful Svitolina is not able to play with a clear mind and if you are playing a professional sport in that position, you are setting yourself up for defeat.

@@brianb1684 what are you on about? Nobody wishes death to anybody. Sabalenka is not a victory here. Ukrainians don't kill Belarusians, but Belarusians kill Ukrainians. Sabalenka gets frustrated when she loses to Iga. I wonder if she could remain all cool and profesional if her friends and family were under constant attack.

@@kon1402 I think you are misconstrued here.... Its a war.... Ukranians are killing Belarusians and Belarusians are killing Ukranians... You think the ukranians are just sitting there not fighting.... Sport is sport. War is war....Sabalenka did not start the war nor did her compatriot... And losing in matches everyone is allowed to get frustrated. I mean anyone would.. after a loss... What is not right is carrying the blame to someone who has no say over where they are born or who they are.... They worked hard to earn their right in the world as professional athletes.....otherwise if someone doesn't want to shake hands that's ok... But another person should also be allowed to do their part of going with tennis tradition.

Great behaviour like supporting alexander lukashenka in 2020 so called "elections"?

@@przemek3556 убогий - сгинь здесь большой тенис

Yup...go beyond the conflict that she's partly responsible for. I will punch you and then offer a handshake, that sounds fair, doesn't it?

Has she expressed support for Ukraine, which defends itself against Russian fascism? Polish tennis superstar Iga Świątek continues to express her support for Ukraine

Sabalenka said “You have my position. You have my answer. I answered it many times. I'm not supporting the war.”

@@PomorskiWilk Go back to school. Ukrainians were n*zi collaborators during wwII and still ukrainian neo-n*zis are fighting since 2014

Ok jerker 👍🏻

@@PomorskiWilk Hows it feel to be on the losing side?

Yeah they are totally fakers ..

Ти б тиснув руку тим хто підтримує вбивства твого народу, твоєї сім'ї? Ти просто дурень твердолобий

I agree!!! 👌

I totally agree😢They are not respectful

In case the Russians and Bieorusos were respectful by invading Ukraine

Putin fan are you

@@Iker122 у вас уже мозги выключились - бот

putin's puppet

​@@Iker122nazi asow and bandera plus USA Terroristen Supporter are u

@@Iker122of corse👌

Yeah, so humble and lovely that she can shake hands and give hugs to everyone, including bloody dictator Lukashenko.

@@mintyperspectives2220 I am from Belarus and know the whole picture perfectly well. Couldn't she just at least stay silent? many sportspeople did. Sabalenko has signed the letter in his support. No one forced her to do this. In 2020, when my friends and colleagues were in prison for nothing, she has publicly expressed her support. She did not give a shit about what I feel and my friends do. And now, when the shit hit the fan for her and she can be banned from competitions, she is pretending to be out of politics and skips press conferences.

She is an enemy and Svitolina is absolutely right

@@innas7753 But the Ukrainian players continued to shake hands with her throughout 2020 and 2021 and only stopped after the war started. So this means they must support Lukashenko too and only care about themselves. Also, Bush, Obama and Clinton are much bigger dictators and have murdered more people than Lukashenko. So start with Serena, Agassi and Isner because they have clicked pictures with them too.

Sabalenka is a mare

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Обьясни это хохлам)

Say it to all those women and children in Ukraine who died or lost everything because of russian and belorussian agression...

@@d.s.5178Your comment is so dumb. Did Sabalenka or any other Russian tennis player take a gun and kill any Ukrainian??? No. So, leave the sport out of this war, it has NOTHING to do with it. I'm sorry for what's happening in Ukraine, but a tennis player can't single handedly stop the war.

​@@d.s.5178А Соболенко причем?

Пусть элька своему "рубероиду" руку подаёт!

Didn't last long 😂

classier? cancelling press cause she is ashamed of herself that she supports her country regime? that she cannot state that she is against war? what's classy here? Politics ain't war; this is not about your left or right wing views, it's about people being killed on a daily basis and your idol Aruna has nothing against that... that is poor, not lack of a handshake

True. Unfortunate; that's the second time it happens now at RG.

If the use of politics in sport must be stopped, then why isn't Sabelenko held accountable for his absence from conferences? And everyone knows why she doesn't come to the conference because she's afraid of questions about the war. Why? Everyone knows 🙃

@@wixen3067 That's just hateful crap. Sabalenka has absolutely nothing to do with Putin's war. "Everyone knows": such nonsense.

​@@wixen3067 dear asking someone about war day in and day out is stressful and irrelevant at all. She just ply the sports and has nothing to do with their country's politics as if she can control nor have to say about that issue. These Ukranian athletes are just close minded and dictator they want all these players to speak up about war where in fact for what does it help to change the mind of Vladimir when they speak up common they are just unreasonable and lowly minded.

О да, очень здоровая😂

@@vlada9561 ??

For you black men the ugliest white is beautiful.

Osaka announced that she will not attend press conferences, without consulting the tournament. Sabalenka asked tournament for permission to skip usual press and conduct with chosen journalists. Osaka wasn't being asked about Japan or USA war crimes or why she wasn't doing more or speaking about the same. Osaka was asked questions that tennis players face. Sabalenka was repeatedly being hounded to speak more about hee country's involvement in the war, though she has clarified same multiple times. She was being made to feel guilty and criminal.

who is FORCED?🤣 nice one brah.

Very different circumstances. Osaka unilaterally declared in advance of the tournament she would do no press (except one on one pieces mandated by her sponsors, because capitalism) and in the process defamed literally every working journalist in the sport. The follow up created a rule change, and that’s what Sabalenka is making use of today: the permission granted to players to seek alternative ways of meeting their press obligations without putting them into situations that cause them undue personal stress. Unlike Osaka, Sabalenka is not saying “I will not be questioned (unless you pay me)”.

Aryana can decline a press conference if she wants. Obviously, she’s avoiding confrontation & doesn’t like the animosity.Hedge Funds & Lawyers are the Putins of America.

I agree! Sabalenka should be fined as well

She actually spends her time in Monaco and in Switzserland as french players all live there to avoid taxes...

@@polob5150 thank you for the info. Still she/Svitolina is a big HYPOCRITE! Nil respect for her.

I agree with you.... The men are so finesse and professional... But also credit to the Russian / Belarusian female players.... All are so professional and these Ukrainian female players may not realize it but by not shaking hands... They just fuel more hate and because of this hate it makes them lose... since their minds are not clear.. Blaming another player for really something they have no control over.

We know absolutely nothing about Sabalenka. As long as it is like that we should be cautious about her.

sabalenka is a representer and supporter of the government and country that kills Ukrainian people. All ruzians and pretty much all belaruzians and guilty as they let it all happen and over 80% support the war. Its not government shots towards civilians, its common ruzians & beloruzians press the button. ruzians and beloruzians cannot be at the sport stage at all. They have to be on their knees after we win the war. And be isolated from human world forever. Those, who are not in our shoes would say handshake with the enemy is fine. You did not have to flee your home country under shelling, you won’t understand

She’s Belarusian no? 🇧🇾 What’s Russia & Serbia got to do with anything? More fundamentally what’s nationality got to do with respecting another sportsperson?

They are lying

Yep lying to our face just like the rest of the media

There were no thumbs, because Elina knows what dough Sabalenka is made of.

431 thumbs Up

no one cares

Скажи це російським солдатам які вбивають українців цілими сім'ями, тільки за те що вони українці. З території Білорусі здійснюються обстріли України російськими загарбниками. А ти й далі розказуй казки про мир

Are you russian orc or an idiot? I want to see how you will react to the enemy who came to kill you!

Sabalenka maintains good relations with the dictator Lukashenko. Lukashenko is the illegitimate president of Belarus, from whose territory Ukraine was attacked.

Would shaking hands with a person, who supports the killer of your friends bring you peace?

@@innas7753 Indeed. Inner Peace!

🙏🙏🙏

I'm for Ukraine to win this war, because the people there do not deserve what's happening to them. But I sincerly hope Sabalenka will win, because She has shown great quality and great sportsmanship so far.

Strange opinion, why don't they deserve what is happening to them if they have killed thousands of people in the Donbass since 2014 and continue to do so

@@elbagrau Sabalenka has nothing to do with that war. It wasn't started by her team

​@@xbob1919 I agree, but that's not why I said She deserves to win.

She just hates the fact that Sabalenka has surpassed her

Shame on lukashenko and putin. wouldn't you agree?🤔

​@@the.falcon Clownkraine started the whole mess by having Clownkraine army bomb their own citizens for 8 years. You are probably a blind falcon is my guess.

Shame on you.

​@@andredeketeleastutecomplex Ok Ivan

She's just doing her job. Handshake is not included in the rules

​@@k.k.17.7u got all wrong there

@@Jinan429 Nah you got it all wrong. Playing tennis is her job and livelihood and she doesn't chose to play Russian or Belarusians but since it's knockout she'll have to play whoever comes in front of her. And shaking hands is nowhere in the rules sets at all

@@k.k.17.7 свинство тоже. Украинская федерация по спорту запретила своим игрокам участвовать в соревнованиях с россиянами и белорусами - что ж они не выполняют ( денежки дороже)

@@redeyexxx1841 she doesn't need to play, simple as that, we all skip work sometimes

Yeah the 'she should not have gone to the net argument' is so silly in terms of their logic

Well put Sabalenka goes to the net like every other player - its Svitolina's ACTIONS

It's not silly. I don't see Kasatkina going to nets when she faces Ukrainian players because she already knows as Ukrainian players already declared to not shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players. So Sabalenka knew perfectly well that Svitolina cannot shake hands. So what's the point of going to nets?? Provoke a reaction out of crowd???

"Svitolina could have dismantled plot by giving her a handshake"?? And then what? Face backlash from her Ukrainian compatriots? Get a brain 🧠

@@redeyexxx1841 BINGO Bro. Saba is political player. She playing Lukashenko game. Its clear.

Орчиха мабуть вусатого і путіна підтримує

Не знаем такой страны

привет из сербии! вперед минска королова тенниса сабаленка!

@@TollerZero о ещё всратый хохол нарисовался. Классно твоим хохлятским дояркам жопы надирают на этом матче

@@markosamardzic8718 ⛳🇧🇾

We all love Sabalenka.

Should be “ did you see”. Did is always followed by the present tense of a verb. We can’t say, “ did you ate?”

Funny how the most "apolitical" fans are the ones who support russian and belorusian players 😂

Funny that they pretend to promote tolerance and equality

Who was the gay female?

What a weird comment. Why would you mention the sexuality of the tennis commentator?!!!

@@bganonimouse2754 …because statistically they are spiteful and on the wrong side of most discussions. Loser.

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Say the same when a foreign state invades your country! Thanks.

Exactly

So Svitolina won 8 games of politics

That’s normal behaviour for Ukrainians…..

@@Anna-zr6cu «миролюбивая» девочка Свитолина одесситка, почему не возмутилась , когда в ее родном г Одесса 2 мая 2014 г нацисты сожгли живьём 50 человек( ей уже было 18) и сейчас и никогда не вспомнила это , уже не говоря , что творили на Донбасе и Луганске киевская власть (14 тыс погибших) . Это не люди?

Has North Korea invaded South Korea? That's the difference!

No… that’s why Djokovic couldn’t play during covid. They couldn’t admit their vaccines were rubbish as was their masks and distancing stupidity

Is Aryna a mom?

@@sportsmediaamerica 😂

Здоровая очень, это точно😂

She is a total fraud never liked her even before the Ukrainian war .. what she really dislikes is that fact that Sabalenka has moved past her in terms of her game

She's a professional player and this was her regular day at work. Handshakes are customary, and nothing more and if she doesn't want to do it with the opponent who supports the leader responsible for the war, good for her.

Спасибо за правильные мысли

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They can control what they say about their government and what coutry they represent. Sabalenka supports lukashenko and putin. She doesnt deserve a handshake

@@yuliiahr22 and following that logic, no athlete from a warring country has ever deserved - or will ever deserve in the future - a handshake as long as one of them can't put politics behind them and separate the individual from the government that controls them. Horrible precedent. Did you even bother reading my comment about the brave Iranian soccer player who denounced his govt during the World Cup...and is now serving a 16-year prison sentence??? You plan on getting him out of jail anytime soon since his life is now ruined but he satisfied your expectations of what an athlete should say??? Grow up!

@@user-xp7oo5ze7e very simple answer - immigrate, don’t play for the country which represents bloody regime - that’s the answer. People their level can make choices. What about press conference? Why sabalenka “doesn’t feel safe” for attending press conference? She cannot say she supports lukashenka? And for not shaking hands between sportsmen - google would help to find plenty of examples. don’t say you know what’s going on coz you don’t unless you are there right now and you are Ukrainian who has nowhere to go.

@@yuliiahr22 кто ты такая

@@yuliiahr22 здесь спорт 🥎 , а вы ноль

I fully agree with you. Switolina like any other Ukrainian player if they don't like any sport's competition should go back to their country and enroll to the Neo-Nazi Ukrainian army.

Дебіл, українські солдати платять своїми життями щоб стримати Україну і Польщу в тому числі.

czego sie spodziewac po banderowkach, moze sa wyjatki

If you don’t understand the situation, you can better shut your mouth. 🇺🇦

zmień nick na "kacapjan"...będzie realniej

Так, ти правий. Сабаленка не засудила війну. Тому вона йде за російським кораблем

​@@TVvv2000 Svitolina n 'avait pas condamné les massacres de son régime sur la population du donbass !

Exactly I saw a Ukrainian tennis player do that last year - I think they just gave a gesture of acknowledgement. To be honest even before this war started I never liked Svitolina's attitude ... she just hates the fact Sabalenka has surpassed her

​@@stes3242 Well then Russia should condemn the 100k+ massacre they did on Chechnya first then.

​@@wheel631 You don't make sense. She was out for over an year and even before that she was discontinuous. So it's expected of her to struggle against top seeds which is common sense. Fact is you don't like Svitolina because she don't wanna shake hands with enemy nation citizens. Now you claims she's jealous 😂😂

well she does.. her little smile vs the box equally evil

If your country suffered you will realize. So shit your mouth

So stupid /SABALENKA stop to serve shake the hands AND GAMERS UKR refuse shake the hands / so stupid stupid The sports is not war /WE LOVE SABALENKA

we love SABALENKA

@@perounos Yeah, sharing a smile with your box after reaching the semifinals of a Slam where she has reached only till the 3rd round the last 3 times and on a surface that is not her best is so absolutely evil!! You people are so desperate to make her out to be a villain when she really isn't. Don't you get tired of using a tennis player to fight an irrelevant online proxy war?

Probably a thumbs up and simply acknowledging your opponent can be a sign of good sportsmanship.

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🇺🇦🐷🇺🇦

Never liked Svitolina's attitude even before the war .. glad she has not won a major

Get out of your fairy tale kingdom mate. There's no place where enemies can be together mentally

@@redeyexxx1841 Hard to disagree with you. It's just sad though.

Now, thousands of people and animals are flooded becasue of the dam descrution by putinists. how many more people need to die till russians and belarussians will stand up and say " I am angainst the war, I am against putin and lukaszenka" ?💙💛 #stoprussia #standwithUkraine

These buffoons, Ukrainian players thinking that the world belong only to them. Search and read about Ukrainian's Azov battalion, Ajdar battalion, Pravy Sektor battalion, Stepan Bandera, UPA, OUN, SS-Galizien, SS-Halczyna, Volyn masacre and you will understand why the Ukrainan state is a run by Neo_Nazis.

Wicket person for not shaking hands with enemies?? Strange

​@@redeyexxx1841 ukranians started this war since 2014...

@@csillagszr How? Because Ukrainian were acting inside their own territory and didn't even fire one missile into the Russian territory. And Ukraine were fighting Russian backed separatists. Tell me what did Russia did to separatists in Chechnya? Killed 100k+ Chechnya citizens via massacre. So gtfo with this bs

@@redeyexxx1841 So you don't even know when Poroshenko started to shelling the people of Donbas, and terrorizing the ethnic minorities (mainly Russians and Hungarians) since 1991... hypocrite f@king westerner...