French Open 2023 – Alexandr Dolgopolov sharply criticizes Aryna Sabalenka: “Disgusting and pathetic”

“While Russia, with the help of their friend, the mini-dictator (Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, note d. editor) that blows up Ukraine, the unconfident ‘drama queen’ at press conferences purposely stays online and pokes fun at everything Ukraine is going through. Pathetic”, the former number 13 in the ATP world rankings followed up against the Belarusian via Twitter.

Svitolina said after the match that Sabalenka had “unfortunately fueled the handshake debate” by waiting for the Ukrainian at the net.

Tensions are high on the tennis tour due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Svitolina positioned herself clearly and made it clear that she would not shake hands with players from Russia or Belarus out of solidarity with her home country.

The Ukrainian made this clear in her previous French Open games against Anna Blinkova and Daria Kasatkina.

French Open: Dolgopolov comments on Sabalenka’s statements

Dolgopolov reacted to Sabalenka’s statements and described the statement as a “good development”. Although he supports her words, it does not change his opinion about her action after the game against Svitolina.

“It looked terrible,” Dolgopolov said. But that’s the end of the case for him.