Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Varvara Gracheva, a Russian, after she won the ATX Open in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Kostyuk beat Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 to clinch her first career WTA title.
The 20-year-old Ukrainian ended up shaking the hand of the match umpire, but wouldn't shake the hand of Gracheva. Instead, she simply walked past Gracheva on two occasions.
"It was just my choice," Kostyuk said of skipping the handshake, according to The Mirror. "We had a great match, don't get me wrong. She's a great competitor, I respect her as an athlete, but that has nothing to do with her as a human being."Kostyuk has been outspoken regarding Russian and Belarusian players being permitted to compete in WTA events.
"Whoever speaks out [regarding the war] clearly I believe has every right to be on tour but whoever doesn't... I don't think it's just humane," she said in January, according to The Mirror. "I don't really talk to anyone [Russian and Belarusian competitors] I barely say 'hi' to them."
What if a....:
Russian refused to shake the hands of Ukrainian?
Russian refused to shake the hands of American?
Russian refused to shake the hands of a black person?
Russian refused to shake the hands of homosexual?
Russian refused to shake the hands of Jew?
Russian refused to shake the hands of feminist?
In the social sphere, truth is always perception.
In the status quo, the narrative is engineered.
Objectively, the truth is always unbiased.
If you want to know something, objectify the subject.
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