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Arina Savalanka went up on the night between Friday and Saturday to meet her good friend Paula Badosa, beat her and advanced to the third round of the Miami tournament at the end of the first match since it became known that her ex Konstantin Koltsov passed away in a hotel in Miami, as it is known according to the police estimates he ended his life.
Tonight (between Saturday and Sunday) things looked completely different for the 2nd ranked in the world, who was eliminated from the competition.
Savalanka met the Ukrainian Angelina Kalinina, ranked 36, and although she recovered from a 6:4 loss in the first set with a 1:6 in the second set, in the third set the Ukrainian rewarded her with a 1:6 of her own in 34 minutes, won the match and kicked Savalanka out of the Miami tournament - and that was A moment in which we first saw a burst of frustration and difficulty on the part of the Belarusian, who competed despite the disaster of her ex-partner and perhaps even surprisingly in view of the situation.
Watch Sabalanka break the racket into pieces after the loss
Immediately after Kalinina returned her jab and effectively ended the bout, Savalanka bowed her head, took a few steps and then lashed out - and the Belarusian took out the frustration by smashing the racket to pieces.
She then turned and left the court without shaking the Ukrainian's hand - perhaps knowing that Kalinina would refuse to shake her hand, but we will never know.
"It seems that physically, mentally and emotionally she did not have enough strength to play against Kalinina at a late hour," the media wrote about Sabalenka's loss, which as mentioned came after a very difficult and complex week for her.
We will just mention, without knowing if there is necessarily a connection between the things this time as well, that there have already been previous meetings between tennis players from Belarus and Ukraine that ended without a handshake due to the war between the countries.
Last May at Roland Garros there was a dramatic scene when Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk refused to shake Sablanka's hand and said of her: "She never says that she personally does not support this war."
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