Victoria Azarenka booed off after defeat to Elina Svitolina at Wimbledon
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She has made her position clear many times but, after not meeting Azarenka at the net, it was the Belarusian who was jeered as she left Court One."She doesn't want to shake hands with Russian, Belarusian people. I respected her decision." Hearing the jeers as she walked off Court One, 33-year-old Azarenka paused as if to ask why and made a gesture to the spectators before disappearing.
"I feel like each player that loses, and there is no handshake, is getting booed," said Svitolina, who only returned to playing three months ago after giving birth to daughter Skai in October.
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