"I didn't expect this. I don't even know how to react to this. Apparently, the audience was confused. I wonder how they will feel about their act ten years from now, when it's all over. I'm sure they will feel uncomfortable," Kostyuk was quoted as saying by the Daily Express.
French fans booed Kostyuk after her refusal to shake hands with Sabalenka at the end of the first-round match. The tennis player from Belarus won in two sets (6:3, 6:2).
In the next round, she will meet with the winner of the match Panna Udvardi (Hungary) - Irina Shimanovich (Belarus).
Earlier, Sabalenka praised the decision of Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk to refuse to shake hands with athletes from Russia and Belarus at Roland Garros.