Although not, apparently, obvious to the second-seeded Sabalenka in that moment; she explained - while speaking with the media after avoiding news conferences after the preceding two contests - that she went to the net out of “instinct.” Nor, apparently, obvious to some members of the crowd at Court Philippe Chatrier for Sabalenka’s 6-4, 6-4 victory, because there was a smattering of boos directed at Svitolina afterward, thinking she was breaching tennis etiquette, not
Belarus' Sabalenka waits for a handshake from Ukraine's Elina Svitolina at French Open, meets media
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