Elina Svitolina a terminé son Roland-Garros 2023 sur une note étrange... Battue ce mardi par Aryna Sabalenka, l'Ukrainienne n'a, comme d'habitude face à une Russe ou une Biélorusse, pas salué son adversaire à la fin du match. Rien de surprenant... sauf pour le public du court Philippe-Chatrier. Une bronca des spectateurs contre l'épouse de Gaël Monfils a été lancée. Curieux car Svitolina a annoncé depuis de longs mois ne pas serrer la main des Russes ou Biélorusses, représentants de pays en guerre contre le sien. Surtout, l'attitude d'Aryna Sabalenka avait de quoi surprendre.
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00:00 It is often said that tennis is an individual sport,
00:04 but it is never more beautiful than when it is collective.
00:09 BNP Paribas, faithful to tomorrow's tennis for 50 years.
00:15 Hello, Elina.
00:16 There are two things that we all noticed at the end of the match.
00:20 Sabarenka was waiting for you at the net.
00:23 What do you think she expected?
00:25 And also, as you walked to your bench without shaking hands with her,
00:28 there were some boos coming down the stands.
00:30 I don't know, to be fair, what she was waiting for,
00:36 because my statements were clear enough about the handshake.
00:43 Secondly, I was expecting that whoever in this situation loses,
00:51 I guess, gets booed.
00:53 I was expecting that and it was not a surprise for me.
00:58 Do you think that by standing at the net like that,
01:01 Sabarenka kind of inflamed the situation a bit?
01:06 Obviously, your previous opponents have shown respect to your position
01:10 in the way that they've acted.
01:13 Yeah, I think so. Unfortunately.
01:17 Hi. I was wondering what part of your game did you have to work the most
01:26 after coming back from maternity?
01:29 What was the most difficult part of getting back to the current level
01:34 and possibly to a higher level?
01:36 To be fair, a little bit of everything.
01:39 Physically, I was trying to come back because, obviously,
01:42 not taking the racket for eight months,
01:45 you need to work on everything to play again at the good level,
01:49 to be able to compete against top players,
01:53 try to improve everything, starting from the serve
01:59 and ending with the physical, mental conditions.
02:05 Everything just has to be started again.
02:09 That's why I'm really proud of these past days
02:15 that I've been playing lots of intense matches,
02:17 a lot of matches where I showed a good level of tennis
02:23 and just lots of things positive from these matches
02:27 that I played in Strasbourg and here, of course.
02:33 Hey, Elena. You've come here and talked about some difficult things.
02:40 Arena chose not to for the last two matches.
02:44 Do you think that gives a player an advantage
02:47 if you have one player having one set of rules
02:53 and the rest of the field having to go by another set of rules?
02:56 Definitely. I think it should be equal for everyone.
03:01 For example, why Naomi got fined last time
03:07 and this time there is no fine for the player,
03:13 which also skipped the press conference.
03:17 If there would be no fine for Naomi,
03:21 maybe it would be different.
03:23 But, you know, why this should be equal for every situation.
03:30 I faced difficulties.
03:34 I faced difficulties also with the question about Novak,
03:38 about his statement about Kosovo.
03:41 I'm not escaping. I have my strong position
03:45 and I am vocal about that.
03:47 I'm not going to try to win the likeness of the people
03:53 by betraying my strong belief and strong position for my country.
04:02 country.