The tension between players from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine continues as the women’s singles reaches the semi-final stage
From washing men’s underwear to playing at sold-out Sydney stadiums: Ireland’s winding road to the Women’s World CupSabalenka is ranked two in the world to Jabeur’s six with the two bringing a clash of styles to the semi-final meeting. Jabeur plays a more varied game to Sabalenka’s big baseline swing replete with her own added sound effects. What it means for Jabeur is that she faces one of the most attacking players in the game.
A few days ago fans on Number One Court booed Belarusian player Victoria Azarenka, when she didn’t go to the net to shake hands with Svitolina after the Ukrainian player’s victory. Azarenka knew that Svitolina doesn’t shake hands with Russians and Belarusians in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Instead she waved to her and later said she was trying to be “respectful towards her decision”.
“We’ve no intention of doing that,” Wimbledon chief executive Sally Bolton said on Monday. “Historically in tennis the decision on how a player reacts at the end of a match is entirely a personal decision for them and I think we don’t really want to start mandating what happens.” Jabeur dropped the first set on a tiebreak despite breaking the Kazakh’s serve twice, but clinched the second set with a timely break of serve at 5-4. From then on she comfortably dominated the match as her return of serve appeared to lift. Rybakina had only lost her serve once in the entire tournament before the quarter-final.
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