Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina declined to shake hands with Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, maintaining her boycott of handshakes with Russian and Belarusian players over Russia’s invasion of her country.(Getty Images via AFP)INDIAN WELLS: Elina Svitolina stunned Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 3-6 1-6 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the season-ending championships in Indian Wells where she will face Linda Noskova.
Svitolina redirected Sabalenka's power throughout the match, breaking the Belarusian's serve six times and pouncing on a short ball that she crushed on match point for her first win over Sabalenka in more than six years.
Ukrainian Svitolina continued her long-standing policy of refusing post-match handshakes with players from Russia and Belarus due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and did not shake Sabalenka's hand at the end of the match.
