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Discussions about the war in Ukraine on the tennis circuit avoid the important issues and are just empty words that do not support people who are suffering, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina said on Monday.

The Ukrainian has been the most outspoken critic of tennis’ reaction to the war in her home country.

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk took issue with the French Open’s notoriously fickle crowd, and players’ silence over the war in her home country, after she was booed off the court on Sunday for declining to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent on an otherwise unremarkable opening day at Roland Garros.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, two men expected to go far at the French Open, make their 2023 Roland Garros debuts on Monday against a pair of opponents who never have played a Grand Slam match.

Imagine this for a living: you go to work and you are quizzed about your opinions on the war in Ukraine and then how you will inspire youngsters should you reach the top of your profession.

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka moved into the second round at the French Open on Sunday after a 6-3, 6-2 dismissal of the unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.

Marta Kostyuk said the French Open crowd should be embarrassed for booing her for refusing to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent