Marta Kostyuk

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Anastasia Potapova after she was beaten by the Russian in their second-round match at the Miami Open.

"I mean, once we're in the meeting we can talk about it. "No reply, nothing, just silence. "You give her a warning. Kostyuk has been a vocal critic of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Yes, we wanted to have the meeting with the board and we didn't get one," she said. Kostyuk and her compatriots have requested a meeting with the WTA about players from Russia and Belarus being allowed to compete as neutrals on the tour.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk was beaten by Russia's Anastasia Potapova at the Miami Open, and there was no show of respect afterwards.

Kostyuk, 20, and her compatriots have requested a meeting with the WTA over the issue of players from Russian and Belarus being allowed to compete as neutrals. Amid the ongoing invasion of her homeland, Kostyuk was well beaten 6-1 6-1 by Potapova, who was [warned at this month's Indian Wells Masters for practicing in a Spartak Moscow shirt](/sport/tennis/1747448/Steve-Simon-WTA-Tour-Lesia-Tsurenko-Anastasia-Potapova-Russia-Ukraine). You give her a warning, you can suspend someone, I don't know. And she stuck to her principles, declining any kind of embrace before or afterwards. The All England Tennis Club duly obliged, although the tournament was stripped of ranking points as a sanction. This is not going to change anything.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk says the WTA Tour has ignored a request for a meeting with players from the war-torn Ukraine in the latest signs of the ...

I can think what I want to think, I can do what I can do, but the moment I step out on the court I don't know what I'm going to get out of myself," she said, adding that she did try to avoid news ahead of games. "It depends on the day. Maybe I myself spread hate just by being there," she said. "I don't know what people come up with. This not going to change anything," she said. "I mean, once we're in the meeting we can talk about it.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Anastasia Potapova after she was beaten by the Russian at the Miami Open.Their two countries are at war ...

Weerasekara scored an aggressive half century with four fours and two sixes and played a crucial role in setting up the victory. Royal cruised to a seven wickets victory over their arch-rivals S. You can suspend someone, I don’t know. This is not going to change anything. “I mean, once we’re in the meeting we can talk about it,” said 38th-ranked Kostyuk. No reply, nothing, just silence,” she said.WTA chief executive Steve Simon recently told BBC Sport his organisation was doing as much as it was able to for players from Ukraine.