Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka reached the French Open semi-finals on Tuesday by beating Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and was accused of fanning the flames by waiting for a handshake that would not come before making her stance on the war clear.
Czech Karolina Muchova earlier stopped former Roland Garros runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova with a 7-5 6-2 win to cruise into the semi-finals for the first time in her career.Svitolina had said she would not shake hands with players from Russia or Belarus after Moscow's invasion of her country last year, which it calls a "special military operation".
"I don't want my country to be in any conflict, I don't support the war," second seed Sabalenka said.Sabalenka, who had skipped the earlier press conferences citing mental health reasons and saying that she did not feel safe after being repeatedly questioned about the war, said she did not regret skipping her media duties.
"I don't regret the decisions. I felt really disrespected and felt really bad. I mean, Grand Slam, it's enough pressure to handle, and I tried to focus on myself, on my game.
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