Aryna Sabalenka overcame a tough encounter with Marta Kostyuk to advance to the quarterfinals of the Rome Open, with a 6-1, 7-6(8) victory. The Belarusian had already defeated Kostyuk two weeks ...

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk sparked an uproar at Roland Garros on Sunday when she refused to shake the hand of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka following her French Open first-round defeat ...

Aryna Sabalenka improved her head-to-head record over the Marta Kostyuk to 3-0. Prior to the Madrid Open , they met at the 2022 Dubai Open and the 2023 Roland Garros.

After refusing to shake hands Sunday with her Belarusian opponent, No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, following their French Open match, Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk heard some boos from the crowd at Roland ...

Sabalenka was born and raised in Belarus. Aryna Sabalenka has three Grand Slam titles to her name. But she does not compete ...

PARIS -- Unable to sleep the night before her first-round match at the French Open against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the Grand Slam tournament’s No. 2 seed, Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine checked her ...

Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Aryna Sabalenka after their first-round match at the French Open and the Ukrainian feels the Belarusian should take a stronger, more personal stand ...

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, top, and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, left, refused to shake hands at the end of their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium ...

PARIS—The tense finish to Aryna Sabalenka’s first-round Roland Garros victory over Marta Kostyuk carried into the press room when both women fielded questions by journalists over what exactly ...

As Marta Kostyuk gears up to face Aryna Sabalenka again, this time at the Italian Open, the Ukrainian touched on the highly controversial moment that marred their last encounter during the Madrid ...

Aryna Sabalenka displayed commendable sportsmanship with a gracious act towards Marta Kostyuk, who declined to shake hands following their match at the Italian Open. Sabalenka clinched her spot in ...

Aryna Sabalenka said she understood Marta Kostyuk's decision to skip customary post-match handshakes with Russian and Belarusian players following Moscow's invasion of her country Ukraine but the ...