World number two Aryna Sabalenka talked about the incident with a coach of a Ukrainian tennis player. The Belarusian athlete says she couldn't hold back her tears in this situation.
Once the coach of the Ukrainian tennis player said to me with a laugh: "I'm glad you lost". I cried like a baby, unable to speak. He followed me and shouted that I was throwing the bombs. I felt guilty about something I didn't do.
Aryna Sabalenka, quoted by L'Équipe
Earlier, Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko said that her coach had a conflict with Sabalenka.
Sabalenka is the winner of the Australian Open 2023, the finalist of the WTA Finals 2022. Earlier, the 25-year-old Belarusian said she does not support the invasion to Ukraine or Belarus president Aleksandr Lukashenko.